{"product_id":"sex-changes-with-kleist-katrin-pahl-9780810140127","title":"Sex Changes with Kleist","description":"\u003ci\u003eSex Changes with Kleist\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how the dramatist and poet Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) responded to the change in the conception of sex and gender that occurred in the eighteenth century. Specifically, Katrin Pahl shows that Kleist resisted the shift from a one-sex to the two-sex and complementary gender system that is still prevalent today. With creative close readings engaging all eight of his plays, Pahl probes Kleist's appreciation for incoherence, his experimentation with alternative symbolic orders, his provocative understanding of emotion, and his camp humor. Pahl demonstrates that rather than preparing modern homosexuality, Kleist puts an end to modern gender norms even before they take hold and refuses the oppositional organization of sexual desire into homosexual and heterosexual that sprouts from these norms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the theatricality of Kleist's interventions in the performance of gender, sexuality, and emotion and examining how his dramatic texts unhinge major tenets of classical European theater, \u003ci\u003eSex Changes with Kleist \u003c\/i\u003eis vital reading for anyone interested in queer studies, feminist studies, performance studies, literary studies, or emotion studies. This book changes our understanding of Kleist and breathes new life into queer thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katrin Pahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810140128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810140127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019","brand":"Katrin Pahl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46806949265663,"sku":"9780810140127","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b206f73a-cdfd-4bed-bc49-ff4bdb1f4a0b.jpg?v=1745378147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-changes-with-kleist-katrin-pahl-9780810140127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}