Carmen Luz Fuentes-Vásquez, Dangerous Writing. The Autobiographies of Willa Muir, Margaret Laurence and Janet FrameAmsterdam/New York : Rodopi, 2013.300 p.EAN 978904203649965,00 EURPrésentation de l'éditeur :This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic and political world powers such as England and the United States. During their lifetimes, they exerted themselves to overcome prejudices about class, gender and ethnicity. They experienced war and the post-war era, and lived through most of the twentieth century, being accurate witnesses and critics of their times.As it discusses major writers who are iconic for the development of the literatures of their respective countries, this book also attracts readers who are interested in learning more about the lives of these remarkable women, the way their socio-historical and geographical circumstances affected their writing and how they expressed such concerns in their autobiographies and other fictional and non-fictional works, besides considering them in relation to contemporary women writers —and autobiographers— who underwent similar experiences.Table des matières :IntroductionWilla MuirBrief ChronologyThe Writer and the TranslatorThe Writer as MotherBelonging to the UniverseMargaret LaurenceBrief ChronologyMotherhood as Gift and TrapThe Dynamic Concept of PlaceThe Craft of the Writer: Vulnerability and PowerJanet FrameBrief ChronologyA Place for the SelfThe Writer’s VocationIn Search of LonelinessConclusionAppendixesWilla Muir’s TranslationsInterview with Professor Clara ThomasArchives ConsultedBibliographyIndexCarmen Luz Fuentes-Vásquez enseigne la littérature anglaise à la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago du Chili.
Carmen Luz Fuentes-Vásquez, Dangerous Writing. The Autobiographies of Willa Muir, Margaret Laurence and Janet FrameAmsterdam/New York : Rodopi, 2013.300 p.EAN 978904203649965,00 EURPrésentation de l'éditeur :This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic and political world powers such as England and the United States. During their lifetimes, they exerted themselves to overcome prejudices about class, gender and ethnicity. They experienced war and the post-war era, and lived through most of the twentieth century, being accurate witnesses and critics of their times.As it discusses major writers who are iconic for the development of the literatures of their respective countries, this book also attracts readers who are interested in learning more about the lives of these remarkable women, the way their socio-historical and geographical circumstances affected their writing and how they expressed such concerns in their autobiographies and other fictional and non-fictional works, besides considering them in relation to contemporary women writers —and autobiographers— who underwent similar experiences.Table des matières :IntroductionWilla MuirBrief ChronologyThe Writer and the TranslatorThe Writer as MotherBelonging to the UniverseMargaret LaurenceBrief ChronologyMotherhood as Gift and TrapThe Dynamic Concept of PlaceThe Craft of the Writer: Vulnerability and PowerJanet FrameBrief ChronologyA Place for the SelfThe Writer’s VocationIn Search of LonelinessConclusionAppendixesWilla Muir’s TranslationsInterview with Professor Clara ThomasArchives ConsultedBibliographyIndexCarmen Luz Fuentes-Vásquez enseigne la littérature anglaise à la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago du Chili.