Secret journeys :
Wesley, Marilyn C.
Secret journeys : the trope of women's travel in American literature / Marilyn C. Wesley. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1999. - 1 online resource (xviii, 167 pages) - SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory . - SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and index.
Preface -- Introduction the secret journey: The trope of women's travel in American literature -- Part I. The contravention of values ; Chapter 1. The not unfeared, half-welcome guest: The woman traveler in John Greenleaf Whittier's Snow-Bound -- Part II. Alternative journey ; Chapter 2. Moving targets: The travel text in a narrative of the captivity and restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson ; Chapter 3. "The perilous journey through the human house": The gothic journey in Willa Cather's The Professor's house and Edith Wharton's Summer ; Chapter 4. A woman's place: The politics of space in Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl -- Part III. Travel as social reconstruction ; Chapter 5. The genteel picara: The ethical imperative in Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs ; Chapter 6. Sisters of the road: Transience as theme and form in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping -- Part IV. Transformative journeys ; Chapter 7. The developmental journey: Narrative, psychological, and social transformation in Eurdora Welty's Short Fiction ; Chapter 8. The postmodern journey: Elizabeth Bishop's Trope of Travel ; Conclusion Oprah's journey: Reading the constructive narrative -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Secret Journeys examines the subversive and constructive narrative of female journey from the seventeenth century to the present in such works as John Greenleaf Whittier's Snowbound, Mary Rowlandson's A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mary Rowlandson, Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs, Edith Wharton's Summer, Willa Cather's The Professor's House, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, Eudora Welty's short fiction, and Elizabeth Bishop's poetry. In recognizing the figure of the woman traveler, Wesley produces new readings of canonical texts that subvert social and political assumptions in texts by men and construct alternative arrangements in texts by women.
0585063915 9780585063911
American literature--History and criticism.
Travel in literature.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--History.--United States
Women travelers--Historiography.--United States
Women and literature--History.--United States
Women travelers in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American literature.
Feminism and literature.
Travel in literature.
Travelers' writings, American.
Women and literature.
Women travelers--Historiography.
Women travelers in literature.
Frauenliteratur
Geschichte
Reise
Reiseliteratur
Weibliche Reisende
Literatur
United States.
USA
USA.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS169.T74 / W47 1999eb
810.9/355
Secret journeys : the trope of women's travel in American literature / Marilyn C. Wesley. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1999. - 1 online resource (xviii, 167 pages) - SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory . - SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and index.
Preface -- Introduction the secret journey: The trope of women's travel in American literature -- Part I. The contravention of values ; Chapter 1. The not unfeared, half-welcome guest: The woman traveler in John Greenleaf Whittier's Snow-Bound -- Part II. Alternative journey ; Chapter 2. Moving targets: The travel text in a narrative of the captivity and restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson ; Chapter 3. "The perilous journey through the human house": The gothic journey in Willa Cather's The Professor's house and Edith Wharton's Summer ; Chapter 4. A woman's place: The politics of space in Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl -- Part III. Travel as social reconstruction ; Chapter 5. The genteel picara: The ethical imperative in Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs ; Chapter 6. Sisters of the road: Transience as theme and form in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping -- Part IV. Transformative journeys ; Chapter 7. The developmental journey: Narrative, psychological, and social transformation in Eurdora Welty's Short Fiction ; Chapter 8. The postmodern journey: Elizabeth Bishop's Trope of Travel ; Conclusion Oprah's journey: Reading the constructive narrative -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Secret Journeys examines the subversive and constructive narrative of female journey from the seventeenth century to the present in such works as John Greenleaf Whittier's Snowbound, Mary Rowlandson's A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mary Rowlandson, Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs, Edith Wharton's Summer, Willa Cather's The Professor's House, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, Eudora Welty's short fiction, and Elizabeth Bishop's poetry. In recognizing the figure of the woman traveler, Wesley produces new readings of canonical texts that subvert social and political assumptions in texts by men and construct alternative arrangements in texts by women.
0585063915 9780585063911
American literature--History and criticism.
Travel in literature.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--History.--United States
Women travelers--Historiography.--United States
Women and literature--History.--United States
Women travelers in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American literature.
Feminism and literature.
Travel in literature.
Travelers' writings, American.
Women and literature.
Women travelers--Historiography.
Women travelers in literature.
Frauenliteratur
Geschichte
Reise
Reiseliteratur
Weibliche Reisende
Literatur
United States.
USA
USA.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS169.T74 / W47 1999eb
810.9/355