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Women and the Word
Jeannette King
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Description for Women and the Word
Hardback. Examines why so many British and American women novelists seem preoccupied with Biblical themes and stories. By analyzing texts in the context of myth and religion, however, the author also contributes to a number of the interdisciplinary debates taking place within women's studies. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 448.
Women and the Word examines why, in today's secular society, so many of the finest British and American women novelists seem preoccupied with Biblical themes and stories. It offers informed and challenging analysis of individual novels and stories for the literary critic and student. By analysing those texts in the context of myth and religion, however, it also makes an important and ground-breaking contribution to a number of the inter-disciplinary debates taking place within women's studies.
Women and the Word examines why, in today's secular society, so many of the finest British and American women novelists seem preoccupied with Biblical themes and stories. It offers informed and challenging analysis of individual novels and stories for the literary critic and student. By analysing those texts in the context of myth and religion, however, it also makes an important and ground-breaking contribution to a number of the inter-disciplinary debates taking place within women's studies.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333918722
SKU
V9780333918722
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Ref
99-15
About Jeannette King
JEANNETTE KING is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of Tragedy in the Victorian Novel, An Open Guide to Jane Eyre, and Doris Lessing.
Reviews for Women and the Word
'In this study Dr King shows lucidly how ideas about varieties of religious experience, and absolutely fundamental issues about masculinity and femininity, are explored by seven British and American writers. In dealing with these frequently highly complex novels, Dr King brings out the intricacy of the thinking embodied in them, clarifying difficult arguments without oversimplifying, and opening up searching questions. ... Read more