Title From the margins of empire : Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer / Louise Yelin

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) Series Reading women writing Reading women writing. Contents Politics in South AFrica -- Conclusion: Writing beyond the margins -- Works Cited Index Summary Situated at the intersection of the colonial and the postcolonial, the modern and the postmodern, the novelists Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, and Nadine Gordimer all bear witness to this century's global transformations. From the Margins of Empire looks at how the question of national identity is constructed in their writings. These authors-white women who were born or grew up in British colonies or former colonies-reflect the subject of national identity in vastly different ways in both their lives and their work. Stead, who resided outside of her native Australia, has an unsettled identity. Lessing, who grew up in southern Rhodesia and migrated to England, is or has become English. Gordimer, who was born in South Africa and remains there, considers herself South African. Louise Yelin shows how the three writers' different national identities are inscribed in their fiction. The invented, hybrid character of nationality is, she maintains, a constant throughout. Locating the writings of Stead, Lessing, and Gordimer in the national cultures that produced and read them, she considers the questions they raise about the roles that whites, especially white women, can play in the new political and cultural order Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation Stead, Christina, 1902-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation Gordimer, Nadine -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Gordimer, Nadine -- Criticism and interpretation Stead, Christina, 1902-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation Gordimer, Nadine fast Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 fast Stead, Christina, 1902-1983 fast Gordimer, Nadine 1923-2014 gnd Lessing, Doris 1919-2013 gnd Stead, Christina 1902-1983 gnd Stead, Christina, 1902-1983. nta Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. nta Gordimer, Nadine, 1923-2014. nta Gordimer, Nadine. swd Stead, Christina. swd Lessing, Doris May. swd Subject Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century National characteristics, British, in literature. Decolonization in literature. Imperialism in literature. Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism 18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA. 18.05 English literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- Women authors Commonwealth literature (English) Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors Decolonization in literature Imperialism in literature Literature National characteristics, British, in literature Women and literature Romans. Engels. Nationale identiteit. Vrouwelijke auteurs. SUBJECT Great Britain -- In literature South Africa -- In literature Australia -- In literature Subject Australia English-speaking countries Great Britain South Africa Australien Südafrika <Staat> Genre/Form History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501711435 1501711431

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