Letters and labyrinths
Subtitle: women writing/cultural codes
By: Diane Cousineau.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Ptesses
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Newark; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Duras, Marguerite.; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries.; Authorship -- Sex differences.; Letters in literature.; Memory in literature.; Autobiography.
Description: Letters and labyrinths, towers, mirrors, and photographs - these objects surround us in our daily lives and speak to the creativity and innovative possibilities of human culture, the degree to which we invent, form, shape, and give meaning to our world and lives. However, one might also suggest that they are emblematic of a code that has already been put in place and that we are the mere perpetuators of a master plot.

This book explores the way these objects, vacillating between concrete presences and metaphorical configurations, inform literary texts and provide a suggestive background on which to interrogate gender-related issues as well as questions of subjectivity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-227) and index.