The essays collected in this volume include a selection of those presented at a conference in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, in 2002. They highlight the existence of a European network of women's writing which became a valuable source of consciousness-raising, not only for European women writers, but also for their readers. The main theme running through the essays is love: women loving against the odds and transcending all kinds of obstacles. Does love speak a common language or is it inevitably linked to social mores and individual experience? Does desire work in the same way? Do love and desire have the power to subvert dichotomous thinking and motivate real change? The texts studied in this volume are both fictional and factual, from plays and novels to diaries, letters and drama performances. The countries the essays travel through, and the languages they encounter, all contribute to forming a magic web of connections, solidarities and ideas that truly cross boundaries.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9783039107322
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116018403
Product Key Features
Author
Elizabeth Russell
Publication Name
Loving Against the Odds: Women's Writing in English in a European Context
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Zoology
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
221 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
150mm
Item Width
220mm
Volume
22
Item Weight
350g
Additional Product Features
Issn
1424-3792
Series Title
European Connections
Topic
Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
Editor
Elizabeth Russell
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