| Hysterical Fictions: The 'Woman's Novel' in the Twentieth Century 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Hanson, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312235291 ISBN-13: 9780312235291 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: The woman's novel is a genre which sits uneasily between high and low culture. In this book it is argued that this hybrid status reflects the ambivalent position of its authors and readers, as educated women caught between identification with a male-gendered intellectual culture and a counter-experience of female embodiment. Through six case studies, the representation of a "mind/body" problem is explored in the fiction of Rosamond Lehmann, Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Drabble, A.S. Byatt, and Anita Brookner. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 823.910 |
| LCCN: 00-33344 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.7" W x 8.94" (0.94 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The woman's novel is a term used to describe fiction which, while immensely popular among educated women readers, sits uneasily between high and low culture. Clare Hanson argues that this hybrid status reflects the ambivalent position of its authors and readers, as educated women caught between identification with the male-gendered intellectual culture and a counter-experience of female embodiment. Through six case studies, the representation of a 'mind/body problem' is explored in the fiction of Rosamond Lehmann, Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Drabble, A.S.Byatt and Anita Brookner. |