Literary Liaisons: Auto/Biographical Appropriations in Modernist Women's Fiction FROM THE PUBLISHER
Unhappy relationships are the stuff of fiction - or so Lynette Felber observes as she examines the lives and fiction of five modernist women writers whose lovers were also literary figures. Focusing on Anais Nin, Rebecca West, Zelda Fitzgerald, Radclyffe Hall, and H.D., she investigates the ways these female authors made use of their relationships in their novels and stories. Whether heterosexual or lesbian, these women struggled to assert the authority of their own literary voices and to achieve professional recognition distinct from their partners.
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Using psychoanalytic theory based on Lacan, Felber's analysis considers the impact and appropriation of the literary production of the writers who were the lovers of five modernist women writers—Anais Nin, Rebecca West, Zelda Fitzgerald, Radclyffe Hall, and H.D. The text assumes knowledge both of the theoretical paradigm and the biographies of the writers considered. Felber is editor of the journal Clio and teaches English and linguistics at Indiana U.-Purdue U. Fort Wayne. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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