Historical nightmares and imaginative violence in American women's writings / Amy S. Gottfried.
| Author/creator | Gottfried, Amy S., 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998. |
| Description | x, 158 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contributions 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-152) and index. |
| LCCN | 97039722 |
| ISBN | 0313301603 (alk. paper) |