From Violence to Vision: Sacrifice in the Works of Marguerite Yourcenar
By Joan E. Howard B.A. M.A. Ph.D..
Description
Following a resolutely textual approach, Joan E. Howard examines the neglected but central role of sacrifice in the literary oeuvre of Marguerite Yourcenar.Marguerite Yourcenar was the first woman elected to the previously all-male bastion of the Académie française. However, while some readers have regarded Yourcenar as antagonistic to modem feminism, Howard shows that Yourcenar’s works are susceptible to some surprisingly feminist interpretations. "Those who would co-opt Yourcenar into the conservative camp," warns Howard, "have not read her work carefull...
ISBN(s)
0809316730, 9780809316731
