Silence and power : a reevaluation of Djuna Barnes / edited by Mary Lynn Broe ; with an afterword by Catharine Stimpson.
| Other author | Broe, Mary Lynn. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1991. |
| Description | xiii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "Bringing milkshakes to bulldogs" : the early journalism of Djuna Barnes / Nancy J. Levine -- The early attic stage of Djuna Barnes / Ann Larabee -- One acts : early plays of Djuna Barnes / Joan Retallack -- Writing toward Nightwood : Djuna Barnes' seduction stories / Carolyn Allen -- "Accidental aloofness" : Barnes, Loy, and modernism / Carolyn Burke -- Writing the grotesque body : Djuna Barnes' carnival parody / Sheryl Stevenson -- A reader's Ryder / Marie Ponsot -- Gilt on cardboard : Djuna Barnes as illustrator of her life and work / Frances M. Doughty -- Speaking in tongues : Ladies almanack and the discourse of desire / Susan Sniader Lanser -- All women are not women all : Ladies almanack and feminine writing / Frann Michel. |
| Contents | The outsider among the expatriates : Djuna Barnes' satire on the ladies of the Almanack / Karla Jay -- Mousemeat : contemporary reviews of Nightwood / Jane Marcus -- Nightwood : "the sweetest lie" / Judith Lee -- Laughing at Leviticus : Nightwood as woman's circus epic / Jane Marcus -- "Woman, remember you" : Djuna Barnes and history / Julie L. Abraham -- The antiphon : "no audience at all"? / Meryl Altman -- "Tom, take mercy" : Djuna Barnes' drafts of The antiphon / Lynda Curry -- "To make her mutton at sixteen" : rape, incest, and child abuse in The antiphon / Louise A. DeSalvo. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and index. |
| LCCN | 89026358 |
| ISBN | 0809312506 |
| ISBN | 0809312557 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3503.A614 Z94 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |