LEADER 03243nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910954468703321 005 20251117095551.0 010 $a0-8386-4456-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000102318 035 $a(OCoLC)649952663 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10556407 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000648109 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12268748 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000648109 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10597285 035 $a(PQKB)10180607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3116433 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3116433 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556407 035 $a(OCoLC)608151460 035 $a(BIP)41426438 035 $a(BIP)13860137 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000102318 100 $a20061119d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWaiting for the end $egender and ending in the contemporary novel /$fEarl G. Ingersoll 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison [N.J.] $cFairleigh Dickinson University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8386-4153-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction: The Beginning of the End -- Cluster 1: Tales of the Masculine Narrative Paradigm -- Cluster 2: Undoing the Paradigm-Perhaps -- Cluster 3: Escaping the Paradigm by Ignoring It -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 $aWaiting for the End examines two dozen contemporary novels within the context of a half century of theorizing about the function of ending in narrative. That theorizing about ending generated a powerful dynamic a quarter-century ago with the advent of feminist criticism of masculinist readings of the role played by ending in fiction. Feminists such as Theresa de Lauretis in 1984 and more famously Susan Winnett in her 1991 PMLA essay, Coming Unstrung, were leading voices in a swelling chorus of theorist pointing out the masculinist bias of ending in narrative. With the entry of feminist readings of ending, it became inevitable that criticism of fiction would become gendered through the recognition of difference transcending a simple binary of female/male to establish a spectrum of masculine to feminine endings, regardless of the sex of the writer. Accordingly, Waiting for the End examines pairs of novels - one pair by Margaret Atwood and one by Ian McEwan - to demonstrate how a writer can offer endings at either end of the gender spectrum. 606 $aClosure (Rhetoric) 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSex role in literature 615 0$aClosure (Rhetoric) 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aSex role in literature. 676 $a823/.91409928 700 $aIngersoll$b Earl G.$f1938-$0549337 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954468703321 996 $aWaiting for the end$94467048 997 $aUNINA