LEADER 03501nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910782290503321 005 20230721032532.0 010 $a94-012-0577-9 010 $a1-4356-5175-8 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401205771 035 $a(CKB)1000000000535596 035 $a(EBL)556584 035 $a(OCoLC)714567310 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185914 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12030661 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185914 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10216245 035 $a(PQKB)11560769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556584 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401205771 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380425 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000535596 100 $a20080423d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Fowles$b[electronic resource] $evisionary and voyeur /$fBrooke Lenz 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aCosterus ;$vnew ser., 175 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-2388-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- ON FOWLES AND FEMINISM -- VOYEURISM AND OTHER VISUAL PLEASURES -- OBJECTIFICATION AND EXPLOITATION: VICTIMIZED PERSPECTIVES IN THE COLLECTOR -- A CONFLICT OF GENDERED PERSPECTIVES: VOYEURISM, VIOLENCE, AND SEDUCTION IN THE MAGUS -- A CRISIS OF AUTHORITY: FANTASY AND FEMINISM IN THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT?S WOMAN -- WOMEN IN THE WASTELAND: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN THE EBONY TOWER -- WHOLE SIGHT; AND DESOLATION: SITUATED KNOWLEDGES IN DANIEL MARTIN -- INTERLUDE: MANTISSA -- SEDUCTIVE AND SITUATED DISSENT: A MAGGOT AS WINGED CREATURE -- ON AUTHORITY AND AUTHENTICITY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. 330 $aBest known as the author of The French Lieutenant?s Woman and The Magus , John Fowles achieved both critical and popular success as a writer of profound and provocative fiction. In this innovative new study, Brooke Lenz reconsiders Fowles? controversial contributions to feminist thought. Combining literary criticism and feminist standpoint theory, John Fowles: Visionary and Voyeur examines the problems that women readers and feminist critics encounter in Fowles? frequently voyeuristic fiction. Over the course of his career, this book argues, Fowles progressively created women characters who subvert voyeuristic exploitation and who author alternative narratives through which they can understand their experiences, cope with oppressive dominant systems, and envision more authentic and just communities. Especially in the later novels, Fowles? women characters offer progressive alternative approaches to self-awareness, interpersonal relationships, and social reform ? despite Fowles? problematic idealization of women and even his self-professed ?cruelty? to the women in his own life. This volume will be of interest to critics and readers of contemporary fiction, but most of all, to men and women who seek a progressive, inclusive feminism. 410 0$aCosterus ;$vnew ser., v. 175. 606 $aVoyeurism in literature 615 0$aVoyeurism in literature. 676 $a823.914 700 $aLenz$b Brooke$0475386 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782290503321 996 $aJohn Fowles$9248798 997 $aUNINA