
The Text Is Myself
Women's Life Writing and Catastrophe
Miriam Fuchs(Author)
William L. Andrews(Editor)
University of Wisconsin Press
Published on 31. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-0-299-19064-4 (ISBN)
Description
Queen Lili'uokalani, the last monarch of Hawai'i, was forced to abdicate and her homeland was annexed. American poet H.D. wrote through the London blitz. Italian novelist and art critic Anna Banti lost the manuscript of her novel about Artemisia Gentileschi but survived the war's devastation to rewrite it. German-Jewish novelist Grete Weil fled to Holland, but her husband was arrested there and murdered by the Nazis. Chilean novelist Isabel Allende fled her country after her uncle Salvador Allende was assassinated and her daughter was lost to disease. Miriam Fuchs analyzes the impact of catastrophe on the lives and writings of these five women. Using a feminist and comparative approach, she links them in insightful ways, despite the differences in their cultural and geographic backgrounds.
Reviews / Votes
Fascinating to all who care about self-representation as a mode of survival. - Susanna Egan, author of Mirror-Talk: Genres of Crisis in Contemporary AutobiographyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 b&w photographs, 4 figures
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-19064-4 (9780299190644)
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