The Unsociable Sociability of Women's Lifewriting - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230246478 ISBN 13 : 9780230246478

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

The Unsociable Sociability of Women's Life Writing By investigating women lifewriters' complex quest to distinguish themselves both within and from institutions and communities, this volume uses Kant's concept of unsociable sociability to formulate a divided sense of self at the heart of women's lifewriting, offering a provocative response to the notion of the relational female subject. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When Christine de Pizan described herself in 1405 as 'femme a part', she expressed a divided sense of identity that has echoed throughout women's life-writing up to the present day. In these three words Christine captures the uneasy relationship between the female self that is a part of communities and the self that stands apart from them. Christine anticipates Kant's concept of unsociable sociability in which 'an inclination to associate with others' weighs against 'a strong propensity to isolate [one]self from others'. It is this complex sense of self seeking to belong yet yearning for solitude and distinction that is at the heart of this volume's exploration of women's life writing. Offering a cross-cultural and cross-historical emphasis, it makes a distinctive contribution to current debates on women's life-writing. Its emphasis on unsociable sociability offers a timely, provocative response to the established notion of the female self as a 'relational subject'.

Biographie de l'auteur :

ANNE COLLETT has published widely in the field of postcolonial women s writing, with a focus on Australia, Canada and the Caribbean. She is Editor of Kunapipi: Journal of Postcolonial Writing & Culture, and teaches 19th and 20th century women s writing in the English Literatures program, University of Wollongong, Australia. 

LOUISE D'ARCENS has published numerous chapters and articles on medieval women s writing and is co-editor of Maistresse of My Wit: Medieval Women, Modern Scholarship (Brepols, 2004). Her other research interest is in Australian medievalism. She teaches medieval and modern literature in the English Literatures program, University of Wollongong, Australia.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230246478
• ISBN 13: 9780230246478
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 228