Robert Penn Warren's novels
Subtitle: feminine and feminist discourse
By: Cecilia S. Donohue.
Series: Modern American literature. New approaches ;; 12; Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ;; v. 12.
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- -- Characters -- Women.; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism.; English language -- Sex differences.; Femininity in literature.; Feminism in literature.; Women in literature.
Description: In presenting an innovative and timely analysis of the novels of one of America's foremost modernists, the author draws on theories of women's speech, voice, and self-realization to illuminate Robert Penn Warren's awareness of gender differences in language and psychological development. This book's joint focus on dialogue contents and motivation of women characters reveals Warren's understanding of and sensitivity to women's ways of speaking and self-actualizing.

By reinterpreting these works in the context of postmodernism and feminist criticism, this study argues for a reassessment of Warren's fiction along more contemporary lines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-137) and index.