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Between the Angle and the Curve Mapping Gender, Race, Space, and Identity in Willa Cather and Toni Morrison
By Danielle Russell
Copyright 2006
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this study, Russell explores the ways in which Willa Cather and Toni Morrison subvert the textual expectations of gendered geography and push against the boundaries of the official canon. As Russell demonstrates, the unique depictions Cather and Morrison create of the American landscape challenge existing assertions about American fiction. Specifically, Russell argues that... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments, Where Am I and How Did I Get Here?: The Connections between Space, Identity, and the Fiction of Willa Cather and Toni Morrison, Background Foregrounded: The Significance of Setting or “Don’t Skip the Descriptive Bits”, Maneuvering through the Maternal Landscape: Traditions, Tropes, and New Techniques, Home, Hearth, and Harpies: Discovering a Space of One’s Own in the Domestic Sphere, “This Way to the Egress:” Exiting Thoughts on the Cartography of Connection, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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Danielle Russell
