Drawing the Line : The Father Reimagined in Faulkner, Wright, O'Connor, and Morrison /

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In this book, a contribution to the psychoanalytic approach to literature, the author focuses on the fiction of four major American writers - William Faulkner, Richard Wright, Flannery O'Connor, and Toni Morrison - to examine the father's function as a "border figure." Although t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fowler, Doreen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Patriarchy in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Fatherhood in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Identite dans la litterature.
Paternite dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Southern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Uncanny boundaries
  • Beyond Oedipus : William Faulkner's Intruder in the dust
  • Crossing a racial border : Richard Wright's Native son
  • Flannery O'Connor's Prophets
  • "Nobody could make it alone" : Fathers and boundaries in Toni Morrison's Beloved
  • Cross-racial identification in blackface minstrelsy and Black like me
  • Conclusion : Bridging difference.

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