Djuna Barnes' Consuming Fictions

ISBN-13: 9781138619463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 206 str.

Diane Warren

Opis

In her new book,the author argues that Barnes' writings made significant contributions to gender and aesthetic debates in their immediate early twentieth-century context, and that they continue to contribute to present-day debates on identity.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: 'realism is no food for a child'; The critical context; Travels with the pen performer; 'Everything is true that is honoured'; 'Gleanings from the shores of Mytilene': parody pastiche and the Almanack; Dying to be an individual; 'Only the scorned and the ridiculous make good stories'; 'The fadged up ends of discontent'; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Diane Warren