Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich

Study of three North American women novelists combining the standpoints of gender studies and narratology.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Framing Theories
"Alice Hoyle: 1,000 Interlocking Pieces": Identity Deconstructions in Audrey Thomas's Intertidal LifeIntertidal Life
"You Can't Even Imagine?": Monstrous Possibilities of Female Identity in Daphne Marlatt's Ana Historic
"Her Laugh an Ace": Narrative Tricksterism in Louise Erdrich's Tetralogy
Conclusion
Works Consulted
Index

About the author

Caroline Rosenthal

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Rosenthal
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2003
• EAN: 9781571132673
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-267-3
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: European Studies in North American Literature and Culture; European Studies in North Amer
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories