Isak Dinesen and the Engendering of Narrative (Women in Culture and Society) Drawing on feminist, psychoanalytic, and post-structuralist theories, Aiken shows how the form and meaning of Dinesen's texts are affected by her doubled situations as a Dane who wrote in English, a European who lived for many years in Afr
| TITLE | : | Isak Dinesen and the Engendering of Narrative (Women in Culture and Society) |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.65 (894 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0226011135 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 350 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1990-04-05 |
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Although Isak Dinesen has been widely acclaimed as a popular writer, her work has received little sustained critical attention. In this revisionist study, Susan Hardy Aiken takes up the complex relations of gender, sexuality, and representation in Dinesen's narratives. Drawing on feminist, psychoanalytic, and post-structuralist theories, Aiken shows how the form and meaning of Dinesen's texts are affected by her doubled situations as a Dane who wrote in English, a European who lived for many years in Africa, and a woman who wrote under a male pseudonym within a male-centered literary tradition.In a series of readings that range across Dinesen's career, Aiken demonstrates that Dinesen persistently asserted the inseparability of gender and the engendering of narrative. She argues that Dinesen's texts anticipate in remarkable ways some of the most radical insights of contemporary literary t
Editorial : From the Back Cover For Aiken's generation, it will be the most original, forceful, provocative, and elegant critical reading of this Danish writer. An independent study on feminist theory and criticism.
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