Paths of Desire: Images of Explorations and Mapping in Canadian Women's Writings (THEORY/CULTURE) - Hardcover

Goldman, Marlene

 
9780802009869: Paths of Desire: Images of Explorations and Mapping in Canadian Women's Writings (THEORY/CULTURE)
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ISBN 10: 0802009867 ISBN 13: 9780802009869
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1997

Synopsis

Marlene Goldman posits intriguing connections between the act of map-making, postmodern theory, and female identity in this study of the experimental works of five Canadian women writers: Intertidal Life by Audrey Thomas, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World by Susan Swan, Ana Historic by Daphne Marlatt, The Whirlpool by Jane Urquhart and the fictions of Aritha van Herk.

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Synopsis

This analysis focuses on the ways in which five Canadian women novelists struggle with the problem of representing female subjectivity within the given linguistic terrain. Most of the authors employ female characters who are on journeys or quests. Authors treated include Audrey Thomas, Susan Swan, Daphne Marlatt, Aritha van Herk, and Jane Urquhart.

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0802009867
ISBN 13 
9780802009869
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
314

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