Narrative Authority and Homeostasis in the Novels of Doris Lessing and Carmen Martín Gaite

ISBN-13: 9780367334352 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 404 str.

Linda E. Chown

Opis

First published in 1990, this book assesses a shift in the presentation of self-consciousness in 2 pairs of novels by Doris Lessing and Carmen Martín Gaite: 1) The Summer Before the Dark (1973) and Retahílas (1974) and 2) The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974) and The Back Room (1978).

Spis treści

Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction  Section 1: Lives  1. The Tellers  Section 2: Women and Authority  2. Feministics  3. Depsychologicalization  4. Narrating "She" and "I"  Section 3: Midlife  5. Midlife in Literature  6. Mind of One’s Own  Section 4: Language and the Tales  7. The Ways of Language  8. Through a Wall Darkly  9. On the Edge.  Conclusion.  Epilogue.  Bibliography.

O autorze

Linda E. Chown