The Girl: Constructions of the Girl in Contemporary Fiction by Women
Ruth O. Saxton,Ruth O. (EDT) Saxton
ISBN 10: 0312225784 ISBN 13: 9780312225780
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 1656
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No longer banished to the realms of the Victorian "marriage or death" plots, girls in contemporary fiction embrace new freedoms while still struggling with plots centered on their bodies, societal limitations, and the price for freedom and escape. The Girl investigates the legacies of expectation, competing cultural ideologies, and multiplicities of growing up female at the end of the twentieth century as portrayed in contemporary fiction by women. The essayists show how new fictions of The Girl provide access to a constellation of themes and narrative patterns while also continuing to envision girlhood in relation to such themes as love, separation from the mother, and maternal loss or overprotection.
About the Author:
Ruth O. Saxton is Professor of English and Dean of Letters at Mills College where she co-founded the Women’s Studies Program. She is the co-editor of Woolf and Lessing: Breaking the Mold.
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Title: The Girl: Constructions of the Girl in ...
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 1656
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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