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Women authors have explored fantasy fiction in ways that connect with feminist narrative theories, as examined here by Katherine J. Weese in seven modern novels. These include Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle, Iris Murdoch's The Sea, the Sea, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, Carol Shields's The Stone Diaries, Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, and Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paradise.
The fantastic devices highlight various feminist narrative concerns such as the authority of the female voice, the implications of narrative form for gender construction, revisions to traditional genre conventions by women writers, and the recovery of alternative versions of stories suppressed by dominant historical narratives. Weese also frames the fantastic elements in the scope of traditional fictional structure.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Theories of the Fantastic and Feminist Narrative Theory—An Intersection
PART I. GOTHIC FICTIONS AND THE FANTASTIC
1. The Novel Weapon: Gender and Genre in Iris Murdoch's The Sea, the Sea
2. From "The Lady of Shalott" to "Lady Lazarus": Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle
PART II. GHOSTLY NARRATORS AND NARRATIVE VOICE
3. Narration from Beyond the Grave in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping
4. The "Invisible" Woman: Narrative Strategies in Carol Shields's The Stone Diaries
PART III. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE FANTASTIC
5. "The Eyes in the Trees": Transculturation and Magic Realism in Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
6. Telling Beloved's Story
7. The Gospel According to Consolata: Alternative Christianities and Toni Morrison's Paradise
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
