Title: With Shuddering Fall
Description: Written when Joyce Carol Oates was in her early twenties, and first published in 1964, With Shuddering Fall is her debut novel. It tells the story story of two lovers who discover themselves mortal enemies and explores the struggle for dominance in erotic relationships, as well as the perils of patriarchal inheritance and the ripple-effects of emotional loss in adolescence.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Social life and customs, Dominance (Psychology)