Transformations of Domesticity in Modern Women's Writing : Homelessness at Home

Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. "Transformations of Domesticity in Modern Women's Writing makes new connections between feminist criticism of domestic ideology in the nineteenth century, modernist women's experiments with literary form, contemporary feminist debates about the politics of location, and postmodern theories of social space. The book identifies a coherent tradition of women's writing that transforms domestic ideologies of 'woman's place' by redefining the ideas about space which underlie that ideology, and deconstructing the binary opposition between public and private spheres. The result is to open the space of gender identity to new relations of class and race. The book demonstrates the continuing hold that domestic ideologies had on modernist women's imaginations, while at the same time showing how these writers anticipated postmodern redefinitions of social space. Specific chapters offer new readings of well-known authors, including Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf, and bring to light relatively forgotten novels by Emily Holmes Coleman and Sylvia Townsend Warner."--Jacket Front Matter....Pages i-vi What Comes after the Ideology of Separate Spheres? Women Writers and Modernism....Pages 1-25 Homelessness at Home: Placing Emily Dickinson in (Women’s) History....Pages 26-44 ‘We Are All Haunted Houses’: H.D.’s (Dis)Location....Pages 45-62 ‘A Place for the Genuine’: Marianne Moore’s ‘Poetry’....Pages 63-82 The Grounding of Modern Women’s Fiction: Emily Holmes Coleman’s The Shutter of Snow....Pages 83-97 ‘Can’t One Live in More Places Than One?’: Virginia Woolf’s The Years....Pages 98-114 ‘Dream Made Flesh’: Sexual Difference and Narratives of Revolution in Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Summer Will Show ....Pages 115-136 From Domestic Grounding to Domestic Play: Problems of Reproduction and Subversion in Gertrude Stein and Zora Neale Hurston....Pages 137-154 Back Matter....Pages 155-213

transformations Of Domesticity In Modern Women's Writing Makes New Connections Between Feminist Criticism Of Domestic Ideology In The 19th Century, Modernist Women's Experiments With Literary Form, Contemporary Feminist Debates About The Politics Of Location, And Postmodern Theories Of Social Space. The Book Identifies A Coherent Transition Of Women's Writing That Transforms Domestic Ideologies Of Woman's Place By Redefining The Ideas About Space That Underlie That Ideology. The Result Is To Open The Space Of Gender Identity To New Relations Of Class And Race.

Transformations of Domesticity in Modern Women's Writing makes new connections between feminist criticism of domestic ideology in the nineteenth century, modernist women's experiments with literary form, contemporary feminist debates about the politics of location, and postmodern theories of social space. The book identifies a coherent transition of women's writing that transforms domestic ideologies of 'woman's place' by redefining the ideas about space that underlie that ideology. The result is to open the space of gender identity to new relations of class and race. This volume makes connections between feminist criticism of domestic ideology in the 19th century, modernist women's experiments with literary form, contemporary feminist debates about the politics of location, and postmodern theories of social space