Imagining characters : six conversations about women writers
Byatt, A. S. (, 1936-)
Imagining characters : six conversations about women writers / A.S. Byatt and Ignês Sodré ; edited by Rebecca Swift. - London : Chatto and Windus , 1995. - xiii, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.
In this collection of conversations, leading British novelist/critic Byatt and Brazilian psychoanalyst Sodré discuss novels by six women writers: Austen's Mansfield Park, Brontë's Villette, Eliot's Daniel Deronda, Cather's The Professor's House, Murdoch's An Unofficial Rose, and Morrison's Beloved. The authors bring particular insight into the development of these works (and especially their effect on readers) and of the novel in general. Though a sameness in the prose makes for smooth reading, one is left wishing that the voices of Byatt and Sodré were more distinctive. The book's most effective part is the final conversation, in which the authors discuss the value of dreams and stories, emphasizing the importance of reading and sharing reading through conversation as a valuable means of learning.
9780679777533
96156003
Byatt, A. S. (, 1936-)
Sodre, Ignes
English fiction---Women authors
American fiction
Characters and characters in literature----Fiction
Women in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
PR830.W6 / B93 1995
823.0092 BYA
Imagining characters : six conversations about women writers / A.S. Byatt and Ignês Sodré ; edited by Rebecca Swift. - London : Chatto and Windus , 1995. - xiii, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.
In this collection of conversations, leading British novelist/critic Byatt and Brazilian psychoanalyst Sodré discuss novels by six women writers: Austen's Mansfield Park, Brontë's Villette, Eliot's Daniel Deronda, Cather's The Professor's House, Murdoch's An Unofficial Rose, and Morrison's Beloved. The authors bring particular insight into the development of these works (and especially their effect on readers) and of the novel in general. Though a sameness in the prose makes for smooth reading, one is left wishing that the voices of Byatt and Sodré were more distinctive. The book's most effective part is the final conversation, in which the authors discuss the value of dreams and stories, emphasizing the importance of reading and sharing reading through conversation as a valuable means of learning.
9780679777533
96156003
Byatt, A. S. (, 1936-)
Sodre, Ignes
English fiction---Women authors
American fiction
Characters and characters in literature----Fiction
Women in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
PR830.W6 / B93 1995
823.0092 BYA
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