By examining Djuna Barnes' work, this title raises questions about biography and feminist criticism, identity and authority, and modernist canon formation. It shows how throughout Barnes' corpus the repetition of texts forces us to rethink the relationship between authority and …
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Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Black Capes and Red Herrings -- Looking for the True Bohemia -- Pen Performer -- A Woman Dressed for the Part -- 1 The Unreadable Pleasures of Ladies Alman…
In her re-examination of Djuna Barnes' work, the author raises timely questions about Barnes, biography and feminist criticism, identity and authority, and modernist canon formation. Through close readings of Barnes' manuscripts, primary and critical texts, Caselli tackles one o…
