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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811916103321

Autore

Owen Hilary <1961->

Titolo

Antigone's daughters : gender, genealogy, and the politics of authorship in 20th-century Portuguese women's writing / / Hilary Owen and Cláudia Pazos Alonso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Bucknell University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-61148-003-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

869.09/3522

Soggetti

Portuguese literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Portuguese literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Women and literature - Portugal - History - 20th century

Authorship - Political aspects - Portugal - History - 20th century

Women in literature

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

Antigone''s Daughters?; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Florbela Espanca and Female Genius: Alone of All Her Sex?; 2. Irene Lisboa: Minding the Gender Gap; 3. The Case of the Missing Body: Allegories of Authorship in Agustina Bessa Luís; 4. Matriarchal Precedents: Thus Spoke NatáliaCorreia; 5. Giving Up Whose Ghost in the Works of HéliaCorreia?; 6. Sexual/Textual Re-Visions in LídiaJorge; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

I>Antigone''s Daughters? provides the first detailed discussion in English of six well-known Portuguese women writers, working across a wide range of genres: Florbela Espanca (1894-1930), Irene Lisboa (1892-1958), Agustina Bessa Lu''s, (1923- ), Nat_lia Correia (1923-93), HZlia Correia (1949 -) and L''dia Jorge (1946 - ). Together they cover the span of the 20th century and afford historical insights into the complex gender politics of achieving institutional acceptance and validation in the Portuguese national canon at different points in the 20th century.