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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... tell you the story . Ten years ago I got a new job . It was then a relatively decent new job in a University Department of English . My most immediate senior colleague suggested that I might feel moved to talk about Margaret Atwood's ...
... tell you the story . Ten years ago I got a new job . It was then a relatively decent new job in a University Department of English . My most immediate senior colleague suggested that I might feel moved to talk about Margaret Atwood's ...
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... tell us the truth about heterosexuality , about patriarchy , about men . It is rarer still that she will tell us how not to be women , how to get out . The primary relationship between women within patriarchy is ambiguous : an ugly mesh ...
... tell us the truth about heterosexuality , about patriarchy , about men . It is rarer still that she will tell us how not to be women , how to get out . The primary relationship between women within patriarchy is ambiguous : an ugly mesh ...
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... tell you far more about the lover than the beloved . The beloved is a phantom , a spectre constructed out of desire . If the beloved is absent then the love letter operates like a charm , a glamour , a conjurer's trick to call up the ...
... tell you far more about the lover than the beloved . The beloved is a phantom , a spectre constructed out of desire . If the beloved is absent then the love letter operates like a charm , a glamour , a conjurer's trick to call up the ...
Contents
FICTIONS AND HISTORIES | 36 |
HOFFMANNS UNCANNY | 52 |
SEXUALITY AND CONTEMPORARY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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