.png){kind=logo}
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Divided Fictions: Fanny Burney and Feminine Strategy
Kristina Straub
€ 41.43
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Divided Fictions: Fanny Burney and Feminine Strategy
Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Today Fanny Burney's venture into authorship would not be questionable. She was, after all, a daughter of a celebrated musician, and the Burney family was know to the circle of Samuel Johnson and Hester Thrale. Yet as Kristina Straub ably shows, the public recognition which followed the publication of her first novel placed Fanny Burney in a situation of disturbing ambiguity. Did she become famous or notorious? Was she a prodigy or a freak? In this study of Burney, Straub not only describes and analyzes the disturbing transition of a writer's self-awareness as a woman and a literary artist from ... Read more
Today Fanny Burney's venture into authorship would not be questionable. She was, after all, a daughter of a celebrated musician, and the Burney family was know to the circle of Samuel Johnson and Hester Thrale. Yet as Kristina Straub ably shows, the public recognition which followed the publication of her first novel placed Fanny Burney in a situation of disturbing ambiguity. Did she become famous or notorious? Was she a prodigy or a freak? In this study of Burney, Straub not only describes and analyzes the disturbing transition of a writer's self-awareness as a woman and a literary artist from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813116334
SKU
V9780813116334
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Divided Fictions: Fanny Burney and Feminine Strategy