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Dangerous writing : the autobiographies of Willa Muir, Margaret Laurence and Janet Frame /

This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuentes-Vásquez, Carmen Luz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2013.
Colección:Costerus ; new ser., v. 199.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (300 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index.
ISBN:9789401209175
9401209170
ISSN:0165-9618 ;