Djuna Barnes and Theology

Modernism, religion, and queer bodies come together in this study of Djuna Barnes''s writings and art. Examining the role of Barnes''s theological imagination in relation to a phenomenology of suffering, joy, and sexed embodiment, this book unfolds an intricate synthesis of theology, psychoanalysis, and narrative theory to interrogate how queerness informs her art.

Providing an original contributi...