1st Edition

Reflecting on Nana

By Bernice Chitnis Copyright 1991
100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1991, this book radically challenged the view of Nana as the story of an old fashioned femme fatale and reinterprets her as a feminist heroine who manages to overturn patriarchy. The author shows how Nana confronts the traditional social order and offers an alternative version. This work gives not just an original approach to the heroine herself, but the story of Zola’s... Read more

Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Who is Nana? What is She? Chapter Two: …And What Has She Done? Chapter Three: How Does Zola See Nana? Chapter Four: Nana, Zola and the Other Women Chapter Five: The Men in Nana Chapter Six: Conclusion; List of Works Cited

Biography

Bernice Chitnis