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Folk women and indirection in Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin /
Focusing on the lineage and traditions of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison. She argues that these authors adopt strategies of indirection influenced by f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Focusing on the lineage and traditions of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison. She argues that these authors adopt strategies of indirection influenced by folklore, such as signifying, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque. Their magical and magisterial folk women characters entice readers toward controversial subjects. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 207 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754687139 0754687139 1281208507 9781281208507 9786611208509 661120850X 1003063357 9781003063353 |