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Author:

Leavy, Barbara Fass, 1936-

Title:

The fiction of Ruth Rendell : ancient tragedy and the modern family / Barbara Fass Leavy.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Poisoned Pen Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiv, 309 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Rendell, Ruth,--1930-
Rendell, Ruth,--1930---Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, English--20th century--Criticism and interpretation.
Families in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction -- The ancient stories -- Freud, Jung, and their complexes -- Selected ancient motifs in Ruth Rendell's fiction -- Oedipus and the search for identity -- Fathers and sons -- Mothers and sons, sisters and brothers -- Electra and Rendell's fey girls -- Fathers and daughters (The Wexford series) -- Mothers, daughters, and sisters -- Conclusion: Justice, utopia, and fate.

ISBN:

1590583248
9781590583241

LCCN:

2011944896

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)