Writing on the Wall: Selected EssaysIn a varied selection of essays, Duncker takes on the classics of European literature - from the sexual politics of Milton, to an illuminating reading of Tolstoy's War and Peace as historical fiction. she also discusses contemporary women's writing, including Angela Carter's queer gothic, nationalism and Caribbean women's writing and the politics of heterosexuality in the work of Margaret Atwood and Jenny Diski. On a more personal note, the collection closes with examinations of the role of narrative, the problems of writing and the influences that have shaped Patricia Duncher's own work. |
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... comes to life . Both tales are meditations on the process of creation and on the relationship between creation and creator . The psychic structures of both narra- tives hinge upon oedipal fantasies of paternity . Both these texts have ...
... comes to life . Both tales are meditations on the process of creation and on the relationship between creation and creator . The psychic structures of both narra- tives hinge upon oedipal fantasies of paternity . Both these texts have ...
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... comes from the Old High German word , mâri ( or Gothic mêrs , Middle High German , Mâre ) , which means news or gossip . The term Volksmärchen , or folk tale , acknowledged the people , das Volk , as its rightful owners . The English ...
... comes from the Old High German word , mâri ( or Gothic mêrs , Middle High German , Mâre ) , which means news or gossip . The term Volksmärchen , or folk tale , acknowledged the people , das Volk , as its rightful owners . The English ...
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... comes to writ- ing poetry it is the challenge of trying to create or chisel out a new language that I like . I like working in both standard English and Creole . I tend to want to fuse the two tongues , because I come from a background ...
... comes to writ- ing poetry it is the challenge of trying to create or chisel out a new language that I like . I like working in both standard English and Creole . I tend to want to fuse the two tongues , because I come from a background ...
Contents
FICTIONS AND HISTORIES | 36 |
HOFFMANNS UNCANNY | 52 |
SEXUALITY AND CONTEMPORARY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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