Read The Disobedient Writer

The Disobedient Writer

Nancy A. Walker

4.9/5 (13940 ratings)

Description:For centuries, women who aspired to write had to enter a largely male literary tradition that offered few, if any, literary forms in which to express their perspectives on lived experience. Since the nineteenth century, however, women writers and readers have been producing "disobedient" counter-narratives that, while clearly making reference to the original texts, overturn their basic assumptions. This book looks at both canonical and non-canonical works, over a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres, that offer counter-readings of familiar Western narratives. Nancy Walker begins by probing women's revisions of two narrative traditions pervasive in Western culture: the biblical story of Adam and Eve, and the traditional fairy tales that have served as paradigms of women's behavior and expectations. She goes on to examine the works of a wide range of writers, from contemporaries Marilynne Robinson, Ursula Le Guin, Anne Sexton, Fay Weldon, Angela Carter, and Margaret Atwood to precursors Caroline Kirkland, Fanny Fern, Mary De Morgan, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Edith Nesbit, and Evelyn Sharp.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Disobedient Writer. To get started finding The Disobedient Writer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 224

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 1995

ISBN: R7xZAAAAMAAJ

Description: For centuries, women who aspired to write had to enter a largely male literary tradition that offered few, if any, literary forms in which to express their perspectives on lived experience. Since the nineteenth century, however, women writers and readers have been producing "disobedient" counter-narratives that, while clearly making reference to the original texts, overturn their basic assumptions. This book looks at both canonical and non-canonical works, over a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres, that offer counter-readings of familiar Western narratives. Nancy Walker begins by probing women's revisions of two narrative traditions pervasive in Western culture: the biblical story of Adam and Eve, and the traditional fairy tales that have served as paradigms of women's behavior and expectations. She goes on to examine the works of a wide range of writers, from contemporaries Marilynne Robinson, Ursula Le Guin, Anne Sexton, Fay Weldon, Angela Carter, and Margaret Atwood to precursors Caroline Kirkland, Fanny Fern, Mary De Morgan, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Edith Nesbit, and Evelyn Sharp.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Disobedient Writer. To get started finding The Disobedient Writer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Disobedient Writer

The Disobedient Writer

More Books

Women's Magazines 1940-1960: Gender Roles and the Popular Press (The Bedford Series in History)

Women's Magazines 1940-1960: Gender Roles and the Popular Press (The Bedford Series in History)

Shaping Our Mothers' World: American Women's Magazines (Studies in Popular Culture)

Shaping Our Mothers' World: American Women's Magazines (Studies in Popular Culture)

What's So Funny?: Humor in American Culture

What's So Funny?: Humor in American Culture

A Very Serious Thing: Women’s Humor and American Culture (Volume 2)

A Very Serious Thing: Women’s Humor and American Culture (Volume 2)

Nancy A. Walker / Very Serious Thing Women's Humor and American Signed 1st 1988 [Hardcover] Walker, Nancy A.

Nancy A. Walker / Very Serious Thing Women's Humor and American Signed 1st 1988 [Hardcover] Walker, Nancy A.

Feminist Alternatives: Irony and Fantasy in the Contemporary Novel by Women by Nancy A. Walker (1990-05-30)

Feminist Alternatives: Irony and Fantasy in the Contemporary Novel by Women by Nancy A. Walker (1990-05-30)

Fanny Fern (Twayne's United States Authors Series)

Fanny Fern (Twayne's United States Authors Series)

The Disobedient Writer: Women and Narrative Tradition

The Disobedient Writer: Women and Narrative Tradition

Feminist Alternatives: Irony and Fantasy in the Contemporary Novel by Women

Feminist Alternatives: Irony and Fantasy in the Contemporary Novel by Women