| Writers and Artists in Dialogue: Historical Fiction about Women Painters Contributor(s): Larkin, Edward T. (Other), Lewis, Virginia L. (Other), Walter (Other) |
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ISBN: 1433127113 ISBN-13: 9781433127113 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $93.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Art - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 809.381 |
| LCCN: 2014033104 |
| Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 138 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique work of scholarship explores contemporary issues of male spectatorship and the importance of biography for art criticism in the work of Tracy Chevalier, Eunice Lipton, Anna Banti, Kate Braverman, and Susan Vreeland. Drawing upon feminist concepts on the male and female gaze, Dr. Cortney Cronberg Barko perceptively examines how these authors challenge androcentric models of reading by demonstrating women's powers as readers and writers. This intriguing study reveals that authors working within the genre of fictionalized biographies of women painters reconstruct art history to create a new canon for women artists and invent a rhetoric about art that empowers women. This book is ideal for art history courses and a wide range of literature courses, including fiction, literary theory, literary criticism, feminist literary theory, and women's literature. |