Subverting Patriarchy: Feminism and Fantasy in the Novels of Irmtraud Morgner (Berg Monographs in German Literature)

by Alison Lewis (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $224.93

  One of the most innovative examples of the use of fantastic forms in recent feminist fiction can be found in the work of Irmtraud Morgner. Little-known outside German-speaking countries, her unique blend of fantastic realism testifies both to the subversive nature of a literature of fantasy and the transgressive power of a feminist writing practice. This book looks at the way Morgner uses fantasy both as a feminist critique of the history of patriarchy and as a test of the viability of feminist alternatives.