Women's Vision in Western Literature
The Empathic Community
From ancient Greece through the present day, women writers have confronted the male urge to make war by imagining communities in which intuitive bonding among individuals questions and replaces masculinist values of aggression and competition. Women's Vision in Western Literature traces the gender gap in literature from 600 B.C. to the present day through an examination of seven extraordinary women writers from Sappho to Christa Wolf. Combining close readings with a comprehensive overview of the careers of these women, Porter shows how the threat, the experience, and the aftermath of war incites them to imagine tolerant, empathic communities.…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-313-31830-6
- EAN: 9780313318306
- Produktnummer: 1779023
- Verlag: Praeger
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 266 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.8 cm 569 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 569
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LAURENCE M. PORTER is Professor of French, Comparative Literature, and African Studies at Michigan State University.
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