»And Write She Did«

Prerequisites for Women’s Writing in the Writer Narratives of Virginia Woolf and Alice Munro
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-8260-7444-8
Verlag: Königshausen & Neumann

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

'And Write She Did' stands out as the first in-depth study of the literary
relation between Virginia Woolf and Alice Munro. This attentive,
subtle, and accessible comparative analysis not only unlocks fresh perspectives
on the two authors’ negotiation of the conditions in which
women’s literary creativity can blossom. Located at the intersection of
comparative criticism, studies of female artist figures in literature, and
research on women’s writing and literary history, the book also contributes
to these fields in innovative ways. Notably, Mendez argues for
a new understanding of the gendered power relations shaping women’s
writing, thus illustrating how women’s participation in cultural production
can be theorized and promoted from a twenty-first-century
perspective. Moreover, in developing the concept of 'ethical affiliation
', this book is significant as an original and energizing intervention
in the comparative study of literary relationships.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mendez, Eva

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Eva Mendez holds a BA in British & American Studies from the University
of Konstanz and an MA in Creative & Critical Writing from
the University of Sussex. Her PhD included research at the University
of Oxford and was completed in 2019 at the University of Konstanz.
She is now public relations director at the Catholic Chaplaincy to the
Konstanz Universities.