Women without men : female bonding and the American novel of the 1980s /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greiner, Donald J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1993.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Femininity in literature.
Friendship in literature.
Female friendship.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Féminité dans la littérature.
Amitié dans la littérature.
Amitié féminine.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
American fiction > Women authors
Female friendship
Femininity in literature
Friendship in literature
Women and literature
Amerikaans.
Romans.
Vrouwen.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Female bonding and cultural controversy
  • Female bonding and literary heroines
  • Female bonding and the identities of mothers and daughters
  • Joan Didion, Diane Johnson, and the novel of female bonding in the 1970s
  • Revising the paradigm: female bonding and the transients of Housekeeping
  • Women without men: Mona Simpson, Anywhere but here; Hilma Wolitzer, Hearts; Meg Wolitzer, This is your life; Joan Chase, During the reign of the queen of Persia; Lisa Alther, Other women
  • Coda: Douglas Ungar, male novelists, wilderness women.

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