Metamorphosis and the emergence of the feminine : a motif of "difference" in women's writing / Paula Smith Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Paula Smith, 1951-

Series:

Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; vol. 45.

Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; vol. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

South American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

South American literature.

Canadian literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Canadian literature--Women authors.

Comparative literature--American and South American.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--South American and American.

Women and literature--America.

Women and literature.

Metamorphosis in literature.

Authorship--Sex differences.

Authorship.

Femininity in literature.

American literature--Women authors.

America.

Physical Description:

viii, 177 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [1999]

Contents:

II. Durable Fires 11

The Gothic: A Premonition 17

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper" 22

Gertrude Stein: "Melanctha" 29

III. "Other Than Itself"

Naming 37

Maria Luisa Bombal: La ultima niebla 39

Djuna Barnes: Nightwood 45

Clarice Lispector: Family Ties 54

Helena Maria Viramontes: "The Moths" 74

IV. The Promethean Theft/Emergence 89

Rosario Ferre: "The Youngest Doll" 92

Margaret Atwood: Surfacing 99

Sandra Cisneros: "Never Marry a Mexican" 114

V. Procreation 131

Luisa Mercedes Levinson: "The Cove" 132

Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-173) and index.

ISBN:

0820441228

OCLC:

39605253