Historical nightmares and imaginative violence in American women's writings / Amy S. Gottfried.

SeriesContributions in women's studies ; no. 163
Contributions in women's studies ; no. 163. ^A12573
Contents Private stories rendered public: an introduction -- American spaces, American violence: a historical prologue -- Passages home, journeys outward: a reading of Toni Morrison's Beloved -- When legacy meets desire: the blues in Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- Beneath a layer of white: violence and nature in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping -- How to say it: art and the Holocaust in Cynthia Ozick's The shawl -- Comedic violence and the art of survival: Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the dead -- Love, sabotage, and the missing father: exploring the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-152) and index.
LCCN 97039722
ISBN0313301603 (alk. paper)