| Silence and Narrative: The Early Novels of Gertrude Stein Contributor(s): Doane, Janice L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313249369 ISBN-13: 9780313249365 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1986 Annotation: Making use of recent feminist critical theory, Doane considers Gertrude Stein's modernist preoccupation with narrative silence in her early novels. She demonstrates the effects of this preoccupation on Stein's literary development, from the conventionality of her first novel, Q.E.D., through Fernhurst and Three Lives, to the radical transgressions against narrative intelligibility in The Making Of Americans. Doane, contending that Stein's ultimate revolt against traditional modes of discourse is directly attributable to her position as a woman writer, effectively elaborates the possibilities of creating an alternative feminist discourse and explores the ways in which gender may contribute to meaning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 85009854 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Stud |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.86 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Making use of recent feminist critical theory, Doane considers Gertrude Stein's modernist preoccupation with narrative silence in her early novels. She demonstrates the effects of this preoccupation on Stein's literary development, from the conventionality of her first novel, Q.E.D., through Fernhurst and Three Lives, to the radical transgressions against narrative intelligibility in The Making Of Americans. Doane, contending that Stein's ultimate revolt against traditional modes of discourse is directly attributable to her position as a woman writer, effectively elaborates the possibilities of creating an alternative feminist discourse and explores the ways in which gender may contribute to meaning. |