Epistolary responses : the letter in 20th-century American fiction and criticism /

Epistolary Responses explores the transformative nature of epistolary fiction and criticism in letter form from a largely feminist perspective. While most scholarly work to date has focused on 17th- and 18th-century manifestations of this genre, Bower's study concentrates on epistolary fiction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bower, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1997.
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1900-1995.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Epistolary fiction, American > History and criticism.
Criticism > United States > History > 20th century.
Letters in literature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman épistolaire américain > Histoire et critique.
Critique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Criticism
Epistolary fiction, American
Letters in literature
Briefroman
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Dear Reader; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Epistolary Fiction: Space to Respond; 3. Fair and Tender Ladies: Letters as a Response to Absence, Presence, and Property; 4. ""Help! Love me! I grow old!"": The Central Role of Germaine Pitt in John Barth's LETTERS; 5. Restoration and In-gathering-The Color Purple; 6. John Updike's S.: Gender Play; 7. Delettering: Responses to Agency in Jean Webster's Daddy-Long-Legs; 8. Relettering: Upton Sinclair's Another Pamela Responds to Samuel Richardson's Pamela; 9. Remapping the Territory: Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala Letters
  • An ""Epistolary Fix"": Dear Reader, Once Again10. Epistolary Responses to the Critical Act; Notes; Works Cited; Index

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