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title	:	The Evolving Self in the Novels of Gail Godwin Southern Literary Studies
author	:	Xie, Lihong.
publisher	:	Louisiana State University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0807119245
print isbn13	:	9780807119242
ebook isbn13	:	9780585301846
language	:	English
subject	Godwin, Gail--Criticism and interpretation, Feminism and literature--Southern States--History--20th century, Women and literature--Southern States--History--20th century, Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism, Self in literature.
publication date	:	1995
lcc	:	PS3557.O315Z97 1995eb
ddc	:	813/.54
subject	:	Godwin, Gail--Criticism and interpretation, Feminism and literature--Southern States--History--20th century, Women and literature--Southern States--History--20th century, Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism, Self in literature.

The Evolving Self in the Novels of Gail Godwin Page i Southern Literary Studies Fred Hobson, Editor

Page v The Evolving Self in the Novels of Gail Godwin Lihong Xie

Page vi Copyright 1995 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 5 4 3 2 1 Designer: Glynnis Phoebe Typeface: Sabon Typesetter: Moran Printing, Inc. Printer and Binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Xie, Lihong, date. The evolving self in the novels of Gail Godwin / Lihong Xie. p. cm.(Southern literary studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8071-1924-5 (cl) 1. Godwin, GailCriticism and interpretation. 2. Feminism and literatureSouthern StatesHistory20th century. 3. Women and literatureSouthern StatesHistory20th century. 4. Self in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PS3557.O315Z97 1995 813'.54dc20 94-30115 CIP The author is grateful to Gail Godwin for permission to quote from her novels. Quotations from The Perfectionists, by Gail Godwin, copyright 1970 by Gail Godwin, are reprinted by permission of John Hawkins & Associates, Inc. Excerpts from Glass People by Gail Godwin, copyright 1972 by Gail Godwin, are reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Excerpts from The Odd Woman by Gail Godwin, copyright 1974 by Gail Godwin, are reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Excerpts from Violet Clay by Gail Godwin, copyright 1978 by Gail Godwin, are reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. The author thanks Viking Penguin for permission to quote from the following works: From The Finishing School by Gail Godwin. Copyright 1984 by Gail Godwin. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. From A Mother and Two Daughters by Gail Godwin. Copyright 1982 by Gail Godwin. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. Excerpts from A Southern Family, 1987, by Gail Godwin, and Father Melancholy's Daughter, 1991, by Gail Godwin, are reprinted by permission of William Morrow & Company, Inc. Quotations from Father Melancholy's Daughter, by Gail Godwin, Penguin Books, 1992, first published in the United Kingdom by Andr Deutsch, copyright Gail Godwin, 1991, are reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

Page vii To my beloved father and mother, Xie Yun and Guo Lining

Page ix Contents Preface xi Introduction 1 1 Female Victimization and Feminist Self-Search The Perfectionists and Glass People 31 2 Becoming a Heroine The Odd Woman 63 3 Narrative Restructuring of the Self Violet Clay and The Finishing School 95 4 Toward a Dialogic Imagination A Mother and Two Daughters 132 5 Social Heteroglossia and the Bildungsroman A Southern Family 167 6 A Journey Beyond Who We Are Father Melancholy's Daughter 198 Epilogue 224 Bibliography 229 Index 235

Page xi Preface One of the most articulate writers on the contemporary literary scene to pursue the idea of the self, Gail Godwin (1937) has developed, over the past two decades, a mature, dynamic vision of the self rendered with increasing artistic power. She began, in

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