Nature's ban : women's incest literature / [compiled by] Karen Jacobsen McLennan.
| Other author | McLennan, Karen Jacobsen. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©1996. |
| Description | xii, 394 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The two lovers / Marie de France -- Story thirty / Marguerite de Navarre -- The death of Amnon / Elizabeth Hands -- From Marian and Lydia / Susanna Haswell Rowson -- Mathilda / Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley -- From Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Harriet Jacobs -- I never lost as much but twice ; He fumbles at your soul ; 'Twas like a maelstrom, with a notch ; I'm ceded, I've stopped being theirs / Emily Dickinson -- A whisper in the dark / Louisa May Alcott -- From Contending forces / Pauline Hopkins -- Old woman Magoun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- 22 Hyde Park Gate ; From A sketch of the past / Virginia Woolf -- Coyote takes his daughter as a wife / Mourning Dove -- The triskelion / Christina Stead -- From Peyton Place / Grace Metalious -- Daddy / Sylvia Plath -- The child who favored daughter / Alice Walker -- The breadwinner / Amrita Pritam -- From I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- From The bluest eye / Toni Morrison -- Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) ; Divorce, thy name is woman / Anne Sexton -- The invisible hunter / Elena Shvarts -- A woman was raped / Veronica Cunningham -- Progenitor / Bernice Zamora -- With no immediate cause / Ntozake Shange -- Bubba Esther, 1888 / Ruth Whitman -- Mr. Tang's girls / Shirley Geok-lin Lim -- The dove of peace / Leland Bardwell -- The blue dress / Sharon Olds -- From The family / Buchi Emecheta -- Father's belt / Shalin Hai-Jew -- Upcountry: 3 / Dorothy Allison -- Amalia / Rosario Ferré -- Grateful ; A castle in Lynn ; Dismantling the castle / Linda McCarriston -- For the taking / Linda Gregerson. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392). |
| LCCN | 95042541 |
| ISBN | 1555532527 |
| ISBN | 1555532535 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN6071.I5 N27 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |