Title: Transatlantic women's literature
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.
Subjects: American and English, American literature, Comparative Literature, English and American, English literature, History and criticism, Women authors, Comparative literature, american and english, American literature, women authors, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, English literature, women authors
Time periods: 20th century