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Women and the Word

Contemporary Women Novelists and the Bible

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Jeannette King

    1. Department of English, University of Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 1-9

  3. From the Mother Goddess to God the Father

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 10-32

  4. ‘Destructive Genesis’: Old Testament Myths of Origin and Creation

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 33-61

  5. ‘Stabat Mater’: Christianity and the Virgin Mother

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 62-102

  6. ‘Outside Time’: Prophets of Transgression

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 103-134

  7. A Dissenting Voice: Angela Carter’s Passion of New Eve and ‘Women’s Time’

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 135-151

  8. Paradise Lost and Regained: Toni Morrison and Alice Walker

    • Jeannette King
    Pages 152-186

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 187-207
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About this book

Women and the Word examines why, in today's secular society, so many of the finest British and American women novelists seem preoccupied with Biblical themes and stories. It offers informed and challenging analysis of individual novels and stories for the literary critic and student. By analysing those texts in the context of myth and religion, however, it also makes an important and ground-breaking contribution to a number of the inter-disciplinary debates taking place within women's studies.

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'In this study Dr King shows lucidly how ideas about varieties of religious experience, and absolutely fundamental issues about masculinity and femininity, are explored by seven British and American writers. In dealing with these frequently highly complex novels, Dr King brings out the intricacy of the thinking embodied in them, clarifying difficult arguments without oversimplifying, and opening up searching questions. The ideas that emerge are notably positive, offering ways to celebrate the body, maternity, and women's creativity. This is a book which will be enjoyed by readers with interests in literature, theology or cultural studies.' - Flora Alexander, Aberdeen University Review

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, University of Aberdeen, UK

    Jeannette King

About the author

JEANNETTE KING is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of Tragedy in the Victorian Novel, An Open Guide to Jane Eyre, and Doris Lessing.

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