Theorizing Muriel Spark : gender, race, deconstruction / edited by Martin McQuillan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McQuillan, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spark, Muriel--Criticism and interpretation.

Spark, Muriel.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

History.

Sex role in literature.

Race in literature.

Deconstruction.

Physical Description:

xi, 245 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

The first serious attempt to engage the writing of Muriel Spark in a sustained theoretical reading.

Contents:

Introduction: 'I Don't Know Anything about Freud': Muriel Spark Meets Contemporary Criticism / Martin McQuillan 1

Part I Gender

1 Tales of Love: Narcissism and Idealization in The Public Image / Susan Sellers 35

2 The Future Perfect's Perfect Future: Spark's and Duras's Narrative Drive / Judith Roof 49

3 The Suggestive Spectacle: Queer Passions in Bronte's Villette and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Patricia Duncker 67

4 In Bed with Muriel Spark: Mourning, Metonymy and Autobiography / Martin McQuillan 78

Part II Race

5 Writing against Conversion: Muriel Spark the Gentile Jewess / Bryan Cheyette 95

6 Muriel Spark Shot in Africa / Eleanor Byrne 113

7 A Bit of the Other: Symposium, Futility and Scotland / Alan Freeman 127

Part III Deconstruction

8 Muriel Spark's Uselessness / Jeremy Idle 141

9 Muriel Spark's Mary Shelley: A Gothic and Liminal Life / Julian Wolfreys 155

10 Not to Deconstruct? Righting and Deference in Not to Disturb / Willy Maley 170

11 Memento Mori / Nicholas Royle 189

12 Grimacing Catholicism: Muriel Spark's Macabre Farce and Muriel Spark's Latest Novel: The Public Image / Helene Cixous 204

13 'The Same Informed Air': An Interview with Muriel Spark 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-241) and index.

ISBN:

0333794141

OCLC:

47644286