كتاب
Feminist narrative and the supernatural: the function of fantastic devices in seven recent novels
| العنوان: | Feminist narrative and the supernatural: the function of fantastic devices in seven recent novels |
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| المؤلفون: | Weese, Katherine J. |
| بيانات النشر: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| وصف مادي: | xii, 222 p. ; 23 cm. |
| سلاسل: | Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc., English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc., Fantasy in literature., Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century., Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century., Feminist fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc., Supernatural in literature., Gender identity in literature. |
| الوصف: | "Women authors have explored fantasy fiction in ways that connect with feminist narrative theories, as examined here by Katherine J. Weese in seven modern novels. The fantastic devices highlight various feminist narrative concerns. Weese also frames the fantastic elements in the scope of traditional fictional structure"--Provided by publisher. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Introduction: theories of the fantastic and feminist narrative theory -- an intersection -- The novel weapon: gender and genre in Iris Murdoch's The Sea, the Sea -- From "The Lady of Shalott" to "Lady Lazarus": Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle -- Narration from beyond the grave in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping -- The "invisible" woman: narrative strategies in Carol Shield's The Stone Diaries -- "The eyes in the trees": transculturation and magic realism in Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible -- Telling Beloved's story -- The gospel according to Consolatta: alternative Christianities and Toni Morrison's Paradise. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn212328278 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-7864-3615-6 0-7864-3615-8 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.011490396.4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780786436156 0786436158 |
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