The scarlet mob of scribblers : rereading Hester Prynne /

"Jamie Barlowe finds it bitterly ironic that in literary criticism of The Scarlet Letter, a major American novel about a woman, the voices of female critics have been virtually excluded." "Barlowe examines the causes and consequences of the continuing disregard for women's schola...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barlowe, Jamie, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864. > Scarlet letter.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Personnages > Femmes.
Scarlet letter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel)
Historical fiction, American > Theory, etc. > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History.
Criticism > Authorship > Sex differences.
Prynne, Hester (Fictitious character)
Women in literature.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Roman historique américain > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prynne, Hester (Personnage fictif)
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Women and literature
Women in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Self-defining narratives and the racial and gendered other
  • What's black and white and red/read all over? Hester-Prynne-ism
  • The scarlet snub
  • The scarlet woman and the mob of scribbling scholars
  • Demi's Hester and Hester's Demi(se): The (New) Scarlet Letter and its spectators
  • Conclusion: Implications of Hester-Prynne-ism and ReReading women.

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