02960nam 2200565 a 450 991081120280332120240401163423.01-61147-067-6(CKB)2550000001113600(EBL)1365256(OCoLC)857365449(SSID)ssj0001168848(PQKBManifestationID)11628477(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001168848(PQKBWorkID)11144416(PQKB)10176637(MiAaPQ)EBC1365256(Au-PeEL)EBL1365256(CaPaEBR)ebr10753500(EXLCZ)99255000000111360020130911d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStronger sex the fictional women of Lawrence Durrell /James R. Nichols1st ed.Lanham, Md. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Plymouth, England Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Groupc20111 online resource (167 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-066-8 1-299-82205-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Ghost10. Postscript: Civilization as a Female ConstructWorks Cited; IndexThe 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.Women in literatureCharacters and characteristics in literatureWomen in literature.Characters and characteristics in literature.828/.91209Nichols James R.1938-1670516MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811202803321Stronger sex4032419UNINA