The stronger sex : the fictional women of Lawrence Durrell / James R. Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, James R., 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durrell, Lawrence--Characters--Women.

Durrell, Lawrence.

Women in literature.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Physical Description:

165 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2011]

Summary:

The Stronger Sex studies the fictional women of Lawrence Durrell. Durrell envisioned a new woman, self-confident, free of male domination, and able to serve, direct, and protect her dependent male counterpart. Durrell's modern woman is the center of the new post-modern "couple"- man dependent upon the centrality of woman for the essential wisdom and direction in his life. Far from being a follower of D. H. Lawrence, as so many have claimed, Durrell insists that the male must first cede to woman the personal, social, and political power and freedom which he has historically denied her.

Contents:

Introduction: biography and fiction

Classicism and Durrell's vision: Durrell's free women

Dorothy Lamour on the road: paganism and the female body

The loneliness of love: Melissa and the sacrificial woman

Durrell's failed women: Justine and Livia

My lady, my Guenevere: Benedicta and the revolt of Aphrodite

Risen angels in Durrell's free fall women: Clea, Constance, and the fortunate fall

Jocasta, how you've changed: Lawrence Durrell and the earth mother

Narcissism and the female body: Cunegonde in Caesar's vast ghost.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780838642474

0838642470

1611470668

9781611470666

OCLC:

642624893