Seductive Snakes and Asexual Angels: Queer Undercurrents in Harriet Prescott Spofford’s “Desert Sands”
Harriet Prescott Spofford’s 1863 short story “Desert Sands” recounts, at first glance, the jealous rivalry between an artist’s two muses. Yet when one applies a thin layer of turpentine to the top layer of the canvas that makes up the narrative of “Desert Sands,” it becomes clear that there is anoth...
Main Author: | H.J.E. Champion |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/15192 |
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