Letters and labyrinths

Description:

Letters and labyrinths, towers, mirrors, and photographs - these objects surround us in our daily lives and speak to the creativity and innovative possibilities of human culture, the degree to which we invent, form, shape, and give meaning to our world and lives. However, one might also suggest that they are emblematic of a code that has already been put in place and that we are the mere perpetuators of a master plot. This book explores the way these objects, vacillating between concrete presences and metaphorical configurations, inform literary texts and provide a suggestive background on which to interrogate gender-related issues as well as questions of subjectivity.

subjects: History and criticism,  Women authors,  Autobiography,  English literature,  Letters in literature,  American literature,  Women and literature,  Authorship,  Sex differences,  Memory in literature,  Lettres (Genre litteraire) dans la litterature,  Ecrits de femmes anglais,  Schriftstellerin,  Themes, motifs,  Diskurs,  Femmes ecrivains,  Identita˜tsfindung,  Memoire dans la litterature,  Dans la litterature,  Differences entre sexes,  Litterature americaine,  Litterature anglaise,  Litterature,  Autobiographie,  Art d'ecrire,  Femmes et litterature,  Litterature anglophone,  Histoire,  Histoire et critique,  Ecrits de femmes americains,  Memoire,  Correspondance,  Amant (Duras, Marguerite),  Duras, marguerite, 1914-1996,  English literature, women authors,  American literature, women authors,  Authorship, sex differences,  History

People: Marguerite Duras

Places: English-speaking countries