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
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Summary: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 the father has most commonly been interpreted as the figure who introduces opposition and exclusion to the child, the author finds in these literary depictions fathers who instead support the construction of a social identity by mediating between cultural oppositions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (184 pages).
ISBN:9780813934006

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