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Marianne DeKoven:
Rich and Strange : Gender, History, Modernism - used book

ISBN: 0691014965

ID: 6083194

Like the products of the "sea-change" described in Ariel's song in The Tempest, modernist writing is "rich and strange." Its greatness lies in its density and its dislocations, which have until now been viewed as a repudiation of and an alternative to the cultural implications of turn-of-the-century political radicalism. Marianne DeKoven argues powerfully to the contrary, maintaining that modernist form evolved precisely as a means of representing the terrifying appeal of movements such as socialism and feminism. Organized around pairs and groups of female-and male-signed texts, the book reveals the gender-inflected ambivalence of modernist writers. Male modernists, desiring utter change, nevertheless feared the loss of hegemony it might entail, while female modernists feared punishment for desiring such change. With water imagery as a focus throughout, DeKoven provides extensive new readings of canonical modernist texts and of works in the feminist and African-American canons not previously considered modernist. Building on insights of Luce Irigaray, Klaus Theweleit, and Jacques Derrida, she finds in modernism a paradigm of unresolved contradiction that enacts in the realm of form an alternative to patriarchal gender relations. classics,criticism and theory,european,fiction,gay and lesbian,history and criticism,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections,literature and fiction,modernism Gay & Lesbian, Princeton University Press

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Marianne DeKoven:
Rich and Strange: Gender, History, Modernism - new book

ISBN: 9780691014968

ID: 978069101496

Like the products of the sea-change described in Ariel''s song in The Tempest, modernist writing is rich and strange. Its greatness lies in its density and its dislocations, which have until now been viewed as a repudiation of and an alternative to the cultural implications of turn-of-the-century political radicalism. Marianne DeKoven argues powerfully to the contrary, maintaining that modernist form evolved precisely as a means of representing the terrifying appeal of movements such as socialism and feminism. Organized around pairs and groups of female-and male-signed texts, the book reveals the gender-inflected ambivalence of modernist writers. Male modernists, desiring utter change, nevertheless feared the loss of hegemony it might entail, while female modernists feared punishment for desiring such change. With water imagery as a focus throughout, DeKoven provides extensive new readings of canonical modernist texts and of works in the feminist and African-American canons not previously considered modernist. Building on insights of Luce Irigaray, Klaus Theweleit, and Jacques Derrida, she finds in modernism a paradigm of unresolved contradiction that enacts in the realm of form an alternative to patriarchal gender relations. Marianne DeKoven, Books, Fiction and Literature, Rich and Strange: Gender, History, Modernism Books>Fiction and Literature, Princeton University Press

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DeKoven, Marianne:
Rich and Strange: Gender, History, Modernism - used book

ISBN: 9780691014968

ID: 2544424

Like the products of the "sea-change" described in Ariel's song in The Tempest, modernist writing is "rich and strange." Its greatness lies in its density and its dislocations, which have until now been viewed as a repudiation of and an alternative to the cultural implications of turn-of-the-century political radicalism. Marianne DeKoven argues powerfully to the contrary, maintaining that modernist form evolved precisely as a means of representing the terrifying appeal of movements such as socialism and feminism. Organized around pairs and groups of female-and male-signed texts, the book reveals the gender-inflected ambivalence of modernist writers. Male modernists, desiring utter change, nevertheless feared the loss of hegemony it might entail, while female modernists feared punishment for desiring such change. With water imagery as a focus throughout, DeKoven provides extensive new readings of canonical modernist texts and of works in the feminist and African-American canons not previously considered modernist. Building on insights of Luce Irigaray, Klaus Theweleit, and Jacques Derrida, she finds in modernism a paradigm of unresolved contradiction that enacts in the realm of form an alternative to patriarchal gender relations. Rich and Strange: Gender, History, Modernism DeKoven, Marianne, Princeton University Press

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Marianne DeKoven:
Rich and Strange : Gender, History, Modernism - Paperback

ISBN: 9780691014968

ID: 1093393591

Princeton University Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Princeton University Press

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Dekoven, Marianne:
Rich and Strange: Gender, History, Modernism - new book

1992, ISBN: 0691014965

ID: 22381008858

[EAN: 9780691014968], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press], Literary Criticism|American|General, Literary Criticism|European|English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary Criticism|Semiotics & Theory, Literary Criticism|Women Authors, New Book. Shipped from US within 10 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.