Rethinking women's collaborative writing : power, difference, property / / Lorraine York

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780562903321
• Autore: York Lorraine Mary <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-282-02260-1; 9786612022609; 1-4426-7931-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.89287
• Soggetti: English literature - Women authors - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Canadian literature - Women authors - History and criticism - Theory, etc; American literature - Women authors - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Feminism and literature - English-speaking countries; Women and literature - English-speaking countries; Authorship - Collaboration; History; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Theorizing contemporary women's collaborative writing -- "We have horrible disagreements about "moreovers"": collaborative theory and criticism -- Collaborative predecessors -- "The high wire of self and other": prose collaborations -- Being alone together: collaborative poetry -- "It ... shook up my easy theories": theatrical collaboration -- Epilogue "Giving each other the gears, we are still engaged."
• Sommario/riassunto: Collaborative writing is not a new phenomenon, nor is it specific to a particular genre of writing. In Rethinking Women's Collaborative Writing, Lorraine York presents an eminently readable study of the ; history of collaborative writing and common critical reactions to it. From Early Modern playwrights and poets to nineteenth-century novelists to contemporary writers and literary critics, York's survey focuses on women's collaborative writing in order to expose the long-standing prejudice against this form and to encourage readings of these works that take into account the personalities of the collaborators and the power dynamics of their authorial relationships. York explores collaborative writing from women in Britain, the United States, Italy and France, illuminating the tensions in the collaborative process that grow out of important cultural, racial, and sexual differences between the authors. Current scholarship on collaborative writing is growing and Rethinking Women's Collaborative Writing presents a strong, thoughtful addition to the literature in the field.