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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808080403321

Autore

Pereira Malin

Titolo

Embodying beauty : twentieth-century American women writers' aesthetics / / Malin Pereira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-71169-0

1-138-96861-7

1-315-05428-0

1-135-71162-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

810.9/352042

Soggetti

American literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Aesthetics, Modern - 20th century

Beauty, Personal, in literature

Human body in literature

Aesthetics, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2000 by Garland Publishing Inc.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral), 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Contexts I The First Generation; Chapter One In Dialogue with Dominant Aesthetics: H.D. and Zora Neale Hurston; Contexts II The Second Generation; Chapter Two In Search of ""Part Two"": Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia Plath; Chapter Three Figuring and Re-Figuring the Colonizer's Aesthetics: Louise Glück and Toni Morrison; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.