Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin
Title | Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Fulmer |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780754655374 |
Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jaqueline Fulmer argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, by way of expressions of folklore, when exploring unpopular topics, to attract readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter.
Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, N?huibhne, Hurston, and Lavin
Title | Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, N?huibhne, Hurston, and Lavin PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Fulmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9781351158190 |
Focusing on the lineage and traditions of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison. She argues that these authors adopt strategies of indirection influenced by folklore, such as signifying, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque. Their magical and magisterial folk women characters entice readers toward controversial subjects.
Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Í Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin
Title | Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Í Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Fulmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9781351158176 |
"Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, via folkloric expression, when exploring unpopular topics. This strategy holds the attention of readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter. Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís í Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, showing how obstacles to free expression, though varying from those Lavin and Hurston faced, are still encountered by Morrison and í Dhuibhne. The basis for comparing these authors lies in the strategies of indirection they use, as influenced by folklore. The folkloric characters these authors depict-wild denizens of the Otherworld and wise women of various traditions-help their creators insert controversy into fiction in ways that charm rather than alienate readers. Forms of rhetorical indirection that appear in the context of folklore, such as signifying practices, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque or bizarre, come out of the mouths and actions of these writers' magical and magisterial characters. Old traditions can offer new ways of discussing issues such as sexual expression, religious beliefs, or issues of reproduction. As differences between times and cultures affect what "can" and "cannot" be said, folkloric indirection may open up a vista to discourses of which we as readers may not even be aware. Finally, the folk women of Morrison, í Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin open up new points of entry to the discussion of fiction, rhetoric, censorship, and folklore."--Provided by publisher.
Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Nhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin
Title | Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Nhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Fulmer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2017-11-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 135115818X |
Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, the author argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, via folkloric expression, when exploring unpopular topics. This strategy holds the attention of readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter. The author traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, showing how obstacles to free expression, though varying from those Lavin and Hurston faced, are still encountered by Morrison and Ní Dhuibhne. The basis for comparing these authors lies in the strategies of indirection they use, as influenced by folklore. The folkloric characters these authors depict-wild denizens of the Otherworld and wise women of various traditions-help their creators insert controversy into fiction in ways that charm rather than alienate readers. Forms of rhetorical indirection that appear in the context of folklore, such as signifying practices, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque or bizarre, come out of the mouths and actions of these writers' magical and magisterial characters. Old traditions can offer new ways of discussing issues such as sexual expression, religious beliefs, or issues of reproduction. As differences between times and cultures affect what "can" and "cannot" be said, folkloric indirection may open up a vista to discourses of which we as readers may not even be aware. Finally, the folk women of Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin open up new points of entry to the discussion of fiction, rhetoric, censorship, and folklore.
Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin
Title | Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Fulmer |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2013-04-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1409489922 |
Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, via folkloric expression, when exploring unpopular topics. This strategy holds the attention of readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter. Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, showing how obstacles to free expression, though varying from those Lavin and Hurston faced, are still encountered by Morrison and Ní Dhuibhne. The basis for comparing these authors lies in the strategies of indirection they use, as influenced by folklore. The folkloric characters these authors depict-wild denizens of the Otherworld and wise women of various traditions-help their creators insert controversy into fiction in ways that charm rather than alienate readers. Forms of rhetorical indirection that appear in the context of folklore, such as signifying practices, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque or bizarre, come out of the mouths and actions of these writers' magical and magisterial characters. Old traditions can offer new ways of discussing issues such as sexual expression, religious beliefs, or issues of reproduction. As differences between times and cultures affect what "can" and "cannot" be said, folkloric indirection may open up a vista to discourses of which we as readers may not even be aware. Finally, the folk women of Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin open up new points of entry to the discussion of fiction, rhetoric, censorship, and folklore
Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Nhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin
Title | Folk Women and Indirection in Morrison, Nhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline Fulmer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2017-11-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 135115818X |
Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, the author argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, via folkloric expression, when exploring unpopular topics. This strategy holds the attention of readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter. The author traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, showing how obstacles to free expression, though varying from those Lavin and Hurston faced, are still encountered by Morrison and Ní Dhuibhne. The basis for comparing these authors lies in the strategies of indirection they use, as influenced by folklore. The folkloric characters these authors depict-wild denizens of the Otherworld and wise women of various traditions-help their creators insert controversy into fiction in ways that charm rather than alienate readers. Forms of rhetorical indirection that appear in the context of folklore, such as signifying practices, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque or bizarre, come out of the mouths and actions of these writers' magical and magisterial characters. Old traditions can offer new ways of discussing issues such as sexual expression, religious beliefs, or issues of reproduction. As differences between times and cultures affect what "can" and "cannot" be said, folkloric indirection may open up a vista to discourses of which we as readers may not even be aware. Finally, the folk women of Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin open up new points of entry to the discussion of fiction, rhetoric, censorship, and folklore.
Toni Morrison
Title | Toni Morrison PDF eBook |
Author | L. Wagner-Martin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2015-04-22 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1137446706 |
A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison — fiction, non-fiction, and other — drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts. The author aligns Morrison's novels with the works of Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, assessing her works as among the most innovative, and most significant, worldwide, of the past fifty years.