This book is a work of feminist scholarship at the intersection of literature and art history, the written and the visual. By examining 6 diverse multiethnic American women writers of the 20th century, it establishes a genealogy of how women writers claim the power and possibility of visual art to make sense of their experiences
This book is a work of feminist scholarship at the intersection of literature and art history, the written and the visual. By examining 6 diverse multiethnic American women writers of the 20th century, it establishes a genealogy of how women writers claim the power and possibility of visual art to make sense of their experiences
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
Molly J. Freitas is currently a dean at Bard College. Previously, she was an English professor and led the scholarship program at West Point, the United States Military Academy. Her work has previously been published in American Literary Realism, Soundings, and Studies in the Novel. She holds a master's degree from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. from Tufts University. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her family.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: From Subjection to Survival: The Artistry of American Women Writers Chapter 1: The Artist: Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) and Ruth Raefsky in Anzia Yezierska's "Wild Winter Love" (1927) Chapter 2: The Muse: Helga Crane in Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928) Chapter 3: The Writer: Margaret Aubyn in Edith Wharton's The Touchstone (1900) and Zitkala-a as herself in American Indian Stories (1921) Chapter 4: The Icon: Estrella in Helena María Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus (1996) Coda Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: From Subjection to Survival: The Artistry of American Women Writers Chapter 1: The Artist: Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) and Ruth Raefsky in Anzia Yezierska's "Wild Winter Love" (1927) Chapter 2: The Muse: Helga Crane in Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928) Chapter 3: The Writer: Margaret Aubyn in Edith Wharton's The Touchstone (1900) and Zitkala-a as herself in American Indian Stories (1921) Chapter 4: The Icon: Estrella in Helena María Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus (1996) Coda Bibliography Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309