Dead Women Talking: Figures of Injustice in American Literature

by Brian Norman

Book Overview

Dead women speak as agents of social justice in work by some of the best-known writers of American literature.

Brian Norman uncovers a curious phenomenon in American literature: dead women who nonetheless talk. These characters appear in works by such classic American writers as Poe, Dickinson, and Faulkner as well as in more recent works by Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Tony Kushner, and others. These figures are also emerging in contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421415720
• ISBN13: 9781421415727
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"