Dangerous writing : the autobiographies of Willa Muir, Margaret Laurence and Janet Frame /

This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). The...

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Main Author:	Fuentes-Vásquez, Carmen Luz (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2013.
Series:	Costerus ; new ser., v. 199.
Subjects:	Muir, Willa, > 1890-1970 > Criticism and interpretation. Laurence, Margaret > Criticism and interpretation. Frame, Janet > Criticism and interpretation. Autobiography > Women authors. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Autobiographies.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Summary:	This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic an.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (300 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index.
ISBN:	9789401209175 9401209170 9789042036499 9042036494
ISSN:	0165-9618 ;