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Sidney's Astrophil And Stella, Sonnet 108, Jeffrey P. Cain
Sidney's Astrophil And Stella, Sonnet 108, Jeffrey P. Cain
English Faculty Publications
Contends that although sonnet 108 is now considered to represent Sir Philip Sidney's final statement on the relationship of the two lovers, it remains largely ignored in most critical treatments of `Astrophil and Stella.' Need for a thorough understanding of its unique alchemical and emblematic imagery; Strong evocation of esoteric Renaissance science of alchemy; Sidney's reference to the `wretch'; Horizontal axis along which Stella's thoughts pass to Astrophil.
Desire, Duplicity And Narratology: Boris Vian's L 'Ecume Des Jours, Charles J. Stivale
Desire, Duplicity And Narratology: Boris Vian's L 'Ecume Des Jours, Charles J. Stivale
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
In this examination of Boris Vian's L'Ecume des jours, I call into question the masculinist resistance to criticism of Vian and his works through a critical counter-resistance from a feminist narratological perspective. In order to examine the implications of "narrative desire" for understanding textual and sexual difference, I argue for a narratology that develops the concept of textual "seduction" as a question of narrative duplicity. I undertake this "re-reading" not merely from the perspective of an "ideological unmasking," but also to suggest the possibility of a positive hermeneutic, or more precisely, the limits of such a move given inherent …
Loopholes Of Resistance: Harriet Jacobs' Slave Narrative And The Critique Of Agency In Foucault, Michelle Burnham
Loopholes Of Resistance: Harriet Jacobs' Slave Narrative And The Critique Of Agency In Foucault, Michelle Burnham
English
Located in the exact center of Harriet Jacobs' i86r slave narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Shve Girl, is a chapter entitled "The Loophole of Retreat. " The chapter's title refers to the tiny crawlspace above her grandmother's shed, where Jacobs hides for seven years in an effort to escape her master's persecution and the "peculiar institution" of slavery which authorizes that persecution. This chapter's central location, whether the result of accident or design, would seem to suggest its structural significance within Jacobs' narrative. Yet its central location is by no means obvious, for "The Loophole of Retreat" goes …