Draft:The Cosmopolitans (novel)
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The novel was inspired by [[Honoré de Balzac]]'s 1846 novel ''Cousin Bette'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sycamore |first=By Mattilda Bernstein |date=2016-04-08 |title=‘The Cosmopolitans,’ by Sarah Schulman |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/The-Cosmopolitans-by-Sarah-Schulman-7234821.php |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref> and uses elements of its plot to explore the social setting of 1950s urban America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Lambda |date=2016-04-14 |title=‘The Cosmopolitans’ by Sarah Schulman |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/04/the-cosmopolitans-by-sarah-schulman/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en-US}}</ref>
The novel was inspired by [[Honoré de Balzac]]'s 1846 novel ''Cousin Bette'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sycamore |first=By Mattilda Bernstein |date=2016-04-08 |title=‘The Cosmopolitans,’ by Sarah Schulman |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/The-Cosmopolitans-by-Sarah-Schulman-7234821.php |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref> and uses elements of its plot to explore the social setting of 1950s urban America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Lambda |date=2016-04-14 |title=‘The Cosmopolitans’ by Sarah Schulman |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/04/the-cosmopolitans-by-sarah-schulman/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en-US}}</ref>
The novel deals with several themes found across Schulman's work, including homophobia and the impact of familial rejection on LGBT people, and [[Cycle of abuse|cycles of abuse]].<ref name=":0" /> Lambda Literary Review noted that the characters experienced illusions, delusions and misdirections which were emblematic of the birth of consumer advertising in that period. The novel deals with several themes found across Schulman's work, including homophobia and the impact of familial rejection on LGBT people, and [[Cycle of abuse|cycles of abuse]].<ref name=":0" /> Lambda Literary Review noted that the characters experienced illusions, delusions and misdirections which relate to and symbolize the birth of consumer advertising in that period.
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The novel deals with several themes found across Schulman's work, including homophobia and the impact of familial rejection on LGBT people, and [[Cycle of abuse|cycles of abuse]].<ref name=":0" /> Lambda Literary Review noted that the characters experienced illusions, delusions and misdirections which were emblematic of the birth of consumer advertising in that period. The novel deals with several themes found across Schulman's work, including homophobia and the impact of familial rejection on LGBT people, and [[Cycle of abuse|cycles of abuse]].<ref name=":0" /> Lambda Literary Review noted that the characters experienced illusions, delusions and misdirections which relate to and symbolize the birth of consumer advertising in that period.
== Reception == == Reception ==