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Women in Literature This page intentionally left blank Women in Literature Reading through the Lens of Gender Edited by Jerilyn Fisher and Ellen S. Silber Foreword by David Sadker GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Women in literature : reading through the lens of gender / edited by Jerilyn Fisher and Ellen S. Silber ; foreword by David Sadker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-31346-6 (alk. paper) 1. Women in literature. 2. Literature, Modern—History and Criticism. I. Fisher, Jerilyn. II. Silber, Ellen S. PN56.5.W64W65 2003 809'.93352042—dc21 2002035212 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2003 by Jerilyn Fisher and Ellen S. Silber All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002035212 ISBN: 0-313-31346-6 First published in 2003 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21 This book is dedicated To Jules, Arielle, Devan—who make all good work possible To the beloved memory of Herman and Lilly, who come to mind whenever there's cause for celebration . . . J-F. To Al and Kenny, my wonderful family To Mother and Pearl, and the knowledge we might have shared E.S.S. This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword by David Sadker xix Preface xxiii Introduction xxxi The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain 1 Women's Roles and Influence in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Melissa McFarland Pennell All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque 4 The War against the Feminine: Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front Mary Warner All's Well that Ends Well, William Shakespeare 8 "Doctor She!" Helena and Sisterhood in William Shakespeare's All's Well that Ends Well Terry Re illy Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy 12 Mother, Wife, Fallen Woman: Marital Choice in Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Lucy Melbourne Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid 15 "Young Lady" or "Slut": Identity and Voice in Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John Lucy Melbourne Vlll CONTENTS Antigone, Sophocles 18 Righteous Activist or Confrontational Madwoman: Sophocles' Antigone Karen Bovard The Awakening, Kate Chopin 22 Female Resistance to Gender Conformity in Kate Chopin's The Awakening Dana Kinnison The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver 26 Mothers and Children in Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees Mary Jean DeMarr The Bear, William Faulkner 29 William Faulkner's Male Myth: The Bear Kim Martin Long Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Robin McKinley 32 More Than Skin Deep: Robin McKinley's Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast Ellen R. Sackelman The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath 35 Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar: Trapped by the Feminine Mystique Laurie F. Leach Beloved, Toni Morrison 38 Toni Morrison's Beloved: Maternal Possibilities, Sisterly Bonding Monika M. Elbert Black Boy, Richard Wright 41 Richard Wright's Black Boy and Black Women Kenneth Florey Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya 44 Culture, Tradition, Family: Gender Roles in Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima Montye P. Fuse The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison 47 Girls into Women: Culture, Nature, and Self-Loathing in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye Barbara Frey Waxman CONTENTS IX The Book of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pizan 50 Founding Women's History: Christine de Pizan Writes The Book of the City of Ladies Ellen S. Silber Brave New World, Aldous Huxley 53 A Dystopic Vision of Gender in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Cristie L. March Bread Givers, Anzia Yezierska 56 An Immigrant Girl's Quest for the American Dream in Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers Norah C. Chase Breath, Eyes, Memory, Edwidge Danticat 60 As My Mother's Daughter: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Eileen Burchell The Bride Price, Buchi Emecheta 63 Non-conformists and Traditionalists: Buchi Emecheta's The Bride Price Osayimwense Osa The Call of the Wild, Jack London 66 The Symbolic Annihilation of Women in Jack London's The Call of the Wild Michelle Napierski-Prand Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer 69 Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Gender in the Middle Ages Michael G. Cornelius The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger 72 Sex, Violence, and Peter Pan: J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye Paul Bail The Color Purple, Alice Walker 75 Paths to Liberation in Alice Walker's The Color Purple Ernece B. Kelly Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky 79 The Women in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment Sydney Schultze
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