The Lesbian Body
Cover of the first edition
AuthorMonique Wittig
Original titleLe Corps Lesbien
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
GenreFeminist, Philosophical novel
PublisherLes Éditions de Minuit
Publication date
1973
Published in English
1975
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages188 (first edition)
OCLC463238535
Preceded byThe Opoponax 
Followed byBrouillon pour un dictionnaire des amantes 

The Lesbian Body (French: Le Corps Lesbien) is a 1973 novel by Monique Wittig. It was translated into English in 1975.[1]

Plot

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According to Wittig's The New York Times obituary, "lesbian lovers literally invade each other's bodies as an act of love."[1]

Literary significance and criticism

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Wittig said "When I came upon the title, Corps Lesbien, the association of these two words made me laugh. It was absurdly sarcastic."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Douglas, Martin (12 January 2003). "Monique Wittig, 67, Feminist Writer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  2. ^ Silberman, Seth Clark (2007). "'I Have Access to Your Glottis': The Fleshy Syntax, Ethical Irony, and Queer Intimacy of Monique Wittig's Le corps lesbien". GLQ. 13 (3): 467–487. doi:10.1215/10642684-2007-003. S2CID 145096792.


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