The Dialogic Self,9781575910222

The Dialogic Self

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ISBN13: 9781575910222
ISBN10: 1575910225
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-30
Publisher(s): Susquehanna University Press
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Dialogism and the Female Self 15(26)
In the Wake of the Postmodern Identity Crisis: The Wave of Dialogism 15(10)
Sources of the Dialogic Self 25(10)
The Relation of Dialogism to Feminism 35(6)
Part One: Virginia Woolf's The Waves: The Oscillating Self 41(54)
1. The Concept of Self in Virginia Woolf's Life and Work
41(11)
2. The Waves
52(43)
The Dialogic Design
52(10)
The Dynamics of the Characters' Lifetime Relationships
62(21)
Implications for the Female Self
83(12)
Part Two: Doris Lessing's Four-Gated City: The Comprehensive Self 95(58)
3. The Concept of Self in Doris Lessing's Life and Work
95(15)
4. Children of Violence
110(43)
The First Four Volumes: Nay-saying as Wall Building
110(18)
The Four-Gated City: Yea-saying as Opening Gateways
128(25)
Part Three: Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle: The Misplaced Self 153(46)
5. The Concept of Self in Margaret Atwood's Life and Work
153(24)
6. Lady Oracle: Herself A-mazed in a Funhouse Mirror
177(22)
Conclusion: Sustaining Self-Reconstruction through Dialogue 199(7)
Notes 206(18)
Works Cited 224(8)
Index 232

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