Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour
This article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/1881 |
| Summary: | This article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-9771 |