The Female Narrator in the British Novel: Hidden Agendas

Sternlieb, L.

The Female Narrator in the British Novel studies first-person narratives and demonstrates that how a woman tells her story is crucial to our understanding of its content, for a novel's mode of narration frequently undermines its ostensible plot. Analyzing relationships between the sexes in terms of battles for narrative authority, Sternlieb argues for a rethinking of the history of the marriage plot.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-05-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333973721

DOI: 10.1057/9780230513785

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 177