Remember the Tarantella / Finola Moorhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moorhead, Finola.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Fiction.

Feminism.

Paranormal fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 334 p. ) ill,

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

North Melbourne, Vic., Australia : Spinifex Press, 2011.

Summary:

The 'tarantella' of the title is not the mating dance, but the ruse of the women who did not want to be burnt as witches. At the reputed bite of the spider, they went into some kind of mania and danced themselves into the sea to drown instead.

A Feminist classic paperback re-release. This is a remarkable work. It's learned and frivolous, female not feminine, silly and serious. The quality of the prose achieves a kind of concerto-like poetry where the many instruments of differing tones assist the reader to know who is who. Remember the Tarantella is a novel with twenty-six characters each represented by a letter of the alphabet with the vowels as central characters. The 'tarantella' of the title is not the mating dance, but the ruse of the women who did not want to be burnt as witches. At the reputed bite of the spider, they went into some kind of mania and danced themselves into the sea to drown instead. Released to acclaim in 1987, Remember The Tarantella was heralded as a great work of feminist fi ction. Released as an eBook in 2010, this classic will now be re-released in paperback.

Contents:

Cover

About the Author

Copyright

Contents

Author's Note

Alphabet of Characters

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The Dance

Afterword

Extract 1 from a manuscript

Extract 2 from a later manuscript

Extract 3 from the published version.

Notes:

First published by Primavera Press 1987.

ISBN:

1-74219-458-3

1-74219-380-3