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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 No Place for Her Individual Adventure; 2 Waves of Beginnings; 3 Moving in Lofty Spirals; 4 Circling the History of Slavery; 5 Swan Feathers and Coca-Cola; 6 Bordering Yolanda García; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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