Through the window, out the door : women's narratives of departure, from Austin and Cather to Tyler, Morrison, and Didion / Janis P. Stout.

Contents Finding a way out : the imagination of departure -- Keeping one foot at home : Mary Austin and the "Circuit of the house" -- Looking out the window : Willa Cather and the Vesuvian impulse -- Escaping the house : Anne Tyler's fictions of (leaving) home -- Escaping history : Toni Morrison and the migration blues -- Moving into the political : Joan Didion and the imagination of engagement.
Local noteLittle-314114--305131020029Q
General noteThis volume is an extension and rebuttal of earlier book: The journey narrative in American literature, published in 1983.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-301) and index.
LCCN 97031425
ISBN081730908X (cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks PS374.W6 S78 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold