Transatlantic women's literature. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Heidi Macpherson.
• Other Names: Macpherson, Heidi Slettedahl
• Contents: The exoticised other. Constructing race across the Atlantic : Nella Larsen's Quicksand ; Assimilation in the (fictional) heartland : Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine -- Memoirs and transatlantic travel. 'There is no world outside the text' : transatlantic slippage in Eva Hoffman's Lost in translation ; The anti-tourist : Jenny Diski's Skating to Antarctica and Stranger on a train : daydreaming and smoking around America with interruptions -- Negotiating the foreign/re-inventing home. 'An invention of the Americans' : negotiating the foreign in Anne Tyler's novels -- Cross-dressing and transnational space : Isabel Allende's Daughter of fortune.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 200 pages)
• Subjects: 810.992870904; Comparative literature -- American and English; Comparative literature -- English and American; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; American literature; American literature -- Women authors; Comparative literature -- American and English; Comparative literature -- English and American; English literature; English literature -- Women authors; Englisch; Frauenliteratur; Reiseliteratur; English; Languages & Literatures; American Literature; Författare -- Storbritannien -- Förenta staterna -- 1900-talet; Engelsk litteratur -- kvinnliga författare -- historia -- 1900-talet; Amerikansk litteratur -- kvinnliga författare -- historia -- 1900-talet; Englisch; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748652242; 0748652248; 9780748630486; 0748630481; 9780748624454; 0748624457
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.