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Women Without Men : Female Bonding and the American Novel of the 1980s
author
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Greiner, Donald J.
publisher
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University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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0872498840
print isbn13
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9780872498846
ebook isbn13
:
9780585321790
language
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English
subject
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism, Women and literature--United States--History--20th century, American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism, Femininity in literature, Friendship in literature, Female friendship.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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PS374.W6G74 1993eb
ddc
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813/.5409352042
subject
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American fiction--20th century--History and criticism, Women and literature--United States--History--20th century, American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism, Femininity in literature, Friendship in literature, Female friendship.
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Women without Men
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By Donald J. Greiner
The Notebook of Stephen Crane (editor)
Comic Terror: The Novels of John Hawkes
Robert Frost: The Poet and His Critics
American Poets since World War II: Ammons through Kumin (editor)
American Poets since World War II: Levertov through Zukofsky (editor)
The Other John Updike: Poems / Short Stories / Prose / Play
John Updike's Novels
Adultery in the American Novel: Updike, James, Hawthorne
Understanding John Hawkes
Domestic Particulars: The Novels of Frederick Busch
Women Enter the Wilderness: Male Bonding and the American Novel of the 1980s
Women without Men: Female Bonding and the American Novel of the 1980s
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Women without Men
Female Bonding and the American Novel of the 1980s
Donald J. Greiner
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For Ellen, as always, and for five colleagues in American literature who have helped me throughout my career: Matthew J. Bruccoli David Cowart James Dickey Benjamin Franklin V Joel Myerson
Copyright 1993 University of South Carolina
Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Greiner, Donald J. Women without men : female bonding and the American novel of the 1980s / Donald J. Greiner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87249-884-0 (acid-free paper) 1. American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticism. 2. Women and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th century. 3. American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism. 4. Femininity (Psychology) in literature. 5. Friendship in literature. I. Title. PS374.W6G74 1993 813'.5409352042dc20 92-39385
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vi
Chapter One Introduction: Female Bonding and Cultural Controversy
1
Chapter Two Female Bonding and Literary Heroines
22
Chapter Three Female Bonding and the Identities of Mothers and Daughters
34
Chapter Four Joan Didion, Diane Johnson, and the Novel of Female Bonding in the 1970s
50
Chapter Five Revising the Paradigm: Female Bonding and the Transients of Housekeeping
66
Chapter Six Women without Men
Mona Simpson: Anywhere but Here
82
Hilma Wolitzer: Hearts
90
Meg Wolitzer: This Is Your Life
97
Joan Chase: During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
103
Lisa Alther: Other Women
110
Chapter Seven Coda: Douglas Ungar, Male Novelists, Wilderness Women
120
Sources
127
Index
131
Page vi
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments are a pleasure to write. Professor Bert Dillon, chair of the Department of English at the University of South Carolina, was always supportive. Carol Cutsinger typed the entire manuscript. My graduate assistant, Mary Katzif, tracked down fugitive bibliographical information and checked primary sources with energy and good humor. Amy Hudock read one of the chapters on feminist theory to make sure that I was not too far astray. Eric Roman used his expertise with the computer to help me with the list of sources. One of my most helpful colleagues, Professor Benjamin Franklin V, read parts of the manuscript and listened patiently as I discussed some of the ideas. My greatest debts are to Professor David Cowart of the University of South Carolina and to Professor Susan Strehle of the State University of New YorkBinghamton for reading the entire manuscript and for debating the issues sympathetically and constructively. Both were ideal readers. With this book I have climbed out on a limb yet again, but these colleagues have kept me from falling.
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