verlag koenigshausen neumann - AND WRITE SHE DID »And Write She Did«. Prerequisites for Women’s Writing in the Writer Narratives of Virginia Woolf and Alice Munro. 7444

ISBN: 978-3-8260-7444-8
Year of publication: 2022
Pagenumbers: 216
Language: englisch
Short description: »And Write She Did« stands out as the first in-depth study of the literary relation between Virginia Woolf and Alice Munro. This attentive, subtle, and accessible comparative analysis not only unlocks fresh perspectives on the two authors’ negotiation of the conditions in which women’s literary creativity can blossom. Located at the intersection of comparative criticism, studies of female artist figures in literature, and research on women’s writing and literary history, the book also contributes to these fields in innovative ways. Notably, Mendez argues for a new understanding of the gendered power relations shaping women’s writing, thus illustrating how women’s participation in cultural production can be theorized and promoted from a twenty-first-century perspective. Moreover, in developing the concept of »ethical affiliation «, this book is significant as an original and energizing intervention in the comparative study of literary relationships.

The Author
Eva Mendez holds a BA in British & American Studies from the University of Konstanz and an MA in Creative & Critical Writing from the University of Sussex. Her PhD included research at the University of Oxford and was completed in 2019 at the University of Konstanz. She is now public relations director at the Catholic Chaplaincy to the Konstanz Universities.