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Nichols James R. <1938-> |
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Titolo |
Stronger sex [[electronic resource]] : the fictional women of Lawrence Durrell / / James R. Nichols |
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Lanham, Md., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
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Plymouth, England, : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women in literature |
Characters and characteristics in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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THE STRONGER SEX; Contents; 1. Introduction: Biography and Fiction; 2. Classicism and Durrell's Vision: Durrell's Free Women; 3. Dorothy Lamour on the Road: Paganism and the Female Body; 4. The Loneliness of Love: Melissa and the Sacrificial Woman; 5. Durrell's Failed Women: Justine and Livia; 6. My Lady, My Guenevere: Benedicta and the Revolt of Aphrodite; 7. Risen Angels in Durrell's Free/Fallen Women: Clea, Constance, and the Fortunate Fall; 8. Jocasta, How Youve Changed: Lawrence Durrell and the Earth Mother; 9. Narcissism and the Female Body: Cunegonde in Caesar's Vast Ghost |
10. Postscript: Civilization as a Female ConstructWorks Cited; Index |
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The Stronger Sex studies the fictional women of Lawrence Durrell. Durrell envisioned a new woman, self-confident, free of male domination, and able to serve, direct, and protect her dependent male counterpart. Durrell's modern woman is the center of the new post-modern 'couple'- man dependent upon the centrality of woman for the essential wisdom and direction in his life. Far from being a follower of D. H. Lawrence, as so many have claimed, Durrell insists that the male must first cede to woman the personal, social, and political power and freedom which he has historically denied her. |
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