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03527aam a2200397 i 4500 001 8D7D06C8152711E3AA706A77DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130904010050 008 130308s2013 ne b 001 0aeng c 020 $a 9042036494 (pbk.) 020 $a 9789042036499 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)829680094 040 $a OHX $b eng $e rda $c OHX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d AZS $d CDX $d AZS $d ERASA $d STF $d BWX $d ZCU $d CUV $d PUL $d OCLCQ $d MUU $d OCLCQ $d UBY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a PE1 $b .C66 n.s. v. 199 050 14 $a PN471 $b .F96 2013 072 7 $a PR $2 lcco 082 04 $a 828/.9/1209 100 1 $a Fuentes-VaÌsquez, Carmen Luz, $e author. 245 10 $a Dangerous writing : $b the autobiographies of Willa Muir, Margaret Laurence and Janet Frame / $c Carmen Luz Fuentes-VaÌsquez. 264 1 $a Amsterdam : $b Rodopi, $c 2013. 300 $a 300 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Costerus, $x 0165-9618 ; $v new ser., 199 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index. 520 $a "This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic and political world powers such as England and the United States. During their lifetimes, they exerted themselves to overcome prejudices about class, gender and ethnicity. They experienced war and the post-war era, and lived through most of the twentieth century, being accurate witnesses and critics of their times. As it discusses major writers who are iconic for the development of the literatures of their respective countries, this book also attracts readers who are interested in learning more about the lives of these remarkable women, the way their socio-historical and geographical circumstances affected their writing and how they expressed such concerns in their autobiographies and other fictional and non-fictional works, besides considering them in relation to contemporary women writers --and autobiographers-- who underwent similar experiences."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Willa Muir -- Brief Chronology -- The Writer and the Translator -- The Writer as Mother -- Belonging to the Universe -- Margaret Laurence -- Brief Chronology -- Motherhood as Gift and Trap -- The Dynamic Concept of Place -- The Craft of the Writer: Vulnerability and Power -- Janet Frame -- Brief Chronology -- A Place for the Self -- The Writer's Vocation -- In Search of Loneliness -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Willa Muir's Translations -- Interview with Professor Clara Thomas -- Archives Consulted. 600 10 $a Muir, Willa, $d 1890-1970 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Laurence, Margaret $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Frame, Janet $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Autobiography $x Women authors. 776 0 $z 9789401209175 776 0 $w (GyWOH)har135005366 830 0 $a Costerus ; $v new ser., v. 199. $x 0165-9618 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180102033047.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D7D06C8152711E3AA706A77DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search