Transatlantic women's literature
By: Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson.
Series: Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780748624454
Subjects: Literature, Comparative -- American and English; Literature, Comparative -- English and American; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: "Focusing on contemporary literature, this book engages with a range of genres, from novellas and novels to essays, memoirs, and travel literature. Nella Larsen's Quicksand is read alongside Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine in relation to constructions of the exotic; Eva Hoffman's Lost in Translation is explored in relation to memoirs of travel such as Jenny Diski's Skating to Antarctica and Stranger on a Train; and Anne Tyler's transatlantic novel The Accidental Tourist is read alongside her latest transpacific novel, Digging to America as well as Isabel Allende's Daughter of Fortune. Readers will gain an appreciation of the complexity of the transatlantic narrative and the ways in which these narratives are defined by and infused with gender considerations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-193) and index.