Women in literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works which discuss the representation of women in literature. Works on women authors as a class of persons are entered under Women authors. Collections of works written by women are entered under the subdivision Women authors following the name of national literature and genre, e.g. American fiction--Women authors. Collections of works in two or more literary forms written about women are entered under Women--Literary collections.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Haunting space and place in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House' and Helen Oyeyemi's White is for Witching , 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Nad
Identifier: b7930275
Introduction [excerpt]
I argue that Jackson and Oyeyemi escape the underlying patriarchal connontations of the novel and writing by creating temporal spaces within their texts for the purpose of discussing gender issues facing middle-class women at their time. By placing temporal space within the houses, Jackson and Oyeyemi demonstrate that both social norms and change are born in the home. Analyzing the writing techniques of these authors, I address the social commentary made within each novel. In Chapter 1, I...
Dates:
2020
Muriel Rukeyser's The Book of the Dead (1938) : examining documentary poetics, witness-bearing, and searching for the female voice , 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Pic
Identifier: b7930852
Abstract
Muriel Rukeyser's book of poetry, The Book of the Dead (1938), focuses on detaling the industrial tragedy of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. This thesis examines the poet's use of documentary poetics as a channel for witness-bearing to victims of the tragedy. Rukeyser uses testimonial documents, doctors' reports, and interviews to support her overview of the tragic events through her writing. Several of Rukeyser's twenty...
Dates:
2022