Opening Acts : Narrative Beginnings in Twentieth-Century Feminist Fiction.

Opening Acts : Narrative Beginnings in Twentieth-Century Feminist Fiction.

"In the beginning there was. the beginning. And with the beginning came the power to tell a story. Few book-length studies of narrative beginnings exist, and not one takes a feminist perspective. Opening Acts reveals the important role of beginnings as moments of discursive authority with power...

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Main Author:	Romagnolo, Catherine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2015.
Series:	Frontiers of narrative.
Subjects:	1900-1999 American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Feminism in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century. LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors. American fiction American fiction > Women authors Feminism in literature Women and literature American Literature. English. Languages & Literatures. United States Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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