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the critics and their canons
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Corman, Brian
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 54 2008
- Thesaurus
- romans, schrijvers, receptie, canon, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- By the time Ian Watt published The Rise of the Novel in 1957, it was clear that many women novelists before Jane Austen had been overlooked in critical studies of literature and that some of them had been completely forgotten by the reading public. In this book, Brian Corman explores the question of how and why this came about. Corman provides a systematic survey of the reputations of early women novelists as canons of the novel developed over a period of roughly two hundred years, and, in doing so, suggests reasons for their frequent exclusion. Women Novelists before Jane Austen challenges the view that exclusion from the canon was a simple function of gender and goes deeper to examine potential reasons why certain women writers were overlooked. In the process, it provides an overview of histories of the British novel from the beginning through to the mid twentieth century, ending with the publication of Watt's famous text. Further, Corman offers a prolegomenon to the important recovery work of the late twentieth century, in which many revised accounts of the history of the novel appeared.
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Beer, Janet > [ed]
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2008 - B
- Thesaurus
- schrijvers, literatuur, romans, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- Kate Chopin is now recognised as a unique voice in American literature. Her seminal novel, The Awakening, published in 1899, explored new and startling territory, and stunned readers with its frank depiction of the limits of marriage and motherhood. The essays in this Companion treat a wide range of Chopin's stories and novels, drawing her relationship with other writers, genres and literary developments, and pay close attention to the transatlantic dimension of her work.
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- King, Lovalerie
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2008
- Thesaurus
- zwarte schrijvers, Afro-Amerikaanse vrouwen, verhalen, toneel, essays, romans, biografische gegevens, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- This book explores Zora Neale Hurston's (1891-1960) artistic achievements and her character: her individualism, her penchant for drama, her sometimes controversial politics, her philosophical influences and her views on gender relations. The author explores Hurston's life and analyses her major works and short stories. Historical, social, political, and cultural contexts for Hurston's life and work, including her key role in the development of the Harlem Renaissance, are set out. With an overview of the reception of Hurston's work, both in her lifetime and up to the present, as well as suggestions for further reading.
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