Silence and Narrative - The Early Novels of Gertrude Stein (Hardcover)

Making use of recent feminist critical theory, Doane considers Gertrude Stein's modernist preoccupation with narrative silence in her early novels. She demonstrates the effects of this preoccupation on Stein's literary development, from the conventionality of her first novel, Q.E.D., through Fernhurst and Three Lives, to the radical transgressions against narrative intelligibility in The Making Of Americans. Doane, contending that Stein's ultimate revolt against traditional modes of discourse is directly attributable to her position as a woman writer, effectively elaborates the possibilities of creating an alternative feminist discourse and explores the ways in which gender may contribute to meaning.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1986
First published:	1986
Authors:	Janice L Doane
Dimensions:	146 x 222 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	189
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-24936-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-313-24936-9
Barcode:	9780313249365

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