| Famous Last Words: Changes in Gender and Narrative Closure Contributor(s): Booth, Alison (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081391437X ISBN-13: 9780813914374 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: 'Famous Last Words' traces a broad historical transition--from the 1840s to the 1980s--from the more rigid dichotomy of the Victorian novel, in which good women must marry and fallen women die, to the more open alternatives of twentieth-century fiction, which sometimes permit the independent female protagonist to survive and occasionally alternative constructions of gender as well as plot. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 823.009 |
| LCCN: 93007084 |
| Series: Feminist Issues |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.06" W x 9.02" (1.46 lbs) 404 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Famous Last Words traces a broad historical transition- from the 1840s to the 1980s- from the more rigid dichotomy of the Victorian novel, in which good women must marry and fallen women die, to the more open alternatives of twentieth-century fiction, which sometimes permit the independent female protagonist to survive and occasionally allow alternative constructions of gender as well as plot. Each essay treats a narrative- novel, novella, or novel poem- by a single author in light of conventions of closure and of gender in historical context. The contributors recover forgotten texts, revise our understanding of women writers once successful, but now somewhat marginalized, and give voice to cultural "others." Works by the already canonized George Eliot are reassessed, and the representation of women in the canonical novels of male writers William Thackeray and Henry James is explored. |