European Intertexts
Women’s Writing in English in a European Context
©2005
Edited Collection
300 Pages
Series:
European Connections, Volume 13
Summary
European Intertexts is the first fruit of an ongoing collaborative study aiming to challenge the isolationism of much critical work on English literature by exploring the interdependence of English and continental European literatures in writing by women. While later volumes will deal with specific texts, this introductory volume provides a descriptive framework and a theoretical basis for studies in the field. Covering issues such as the role of English as a world language, the definition of ‘Europe’, and the current state of Translation Studies, the book also surveys theories of intertextuality and demonstrates intertextual links between written and visual and film texts.
This book is itself pioneering in making a systematic approach to women’s writings in English in the context of other European cultures. Although Europe is a political reality, this cultural interpenetration remains largely unexamined, and these essays represent an important first step towards revealing that unexplored richness.
This book is itself pioneering in making a systematic approach to women’s writings in English in the context of other European cultures. Although Europe is a political reality, this cultural interpenetration remains largely unexamined, and these essays represent an important first step towards revealing that unexplored richness.
Details
- Pages
- 300
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039101672
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Englisch Intertextualität Women's writing European Context Gender Study Intertextuality Comparative Study English literature Frauenliteratur interdependence Aufsatzsammlung
- Published
- Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2005. 300 pp.
