A Room of His Own: In Search of the Feminine in the Novels of Saul Bellow

by Gloria L. Cronin

Overview

The world of Saul Bellow is peopled largely by men - often intellectuals - who manifest Bellow's unique conception of American masculinity. This work analyzes Bellow's oeuvre from a feminist perspective. It incorporates the insights of French feminist theory on Western male philosophers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815628637
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	12/01/2000
Series:	Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art Ser.
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	193
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.04(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Gloria Cronin, professor of English at Brigham Young University, is the author of Tales of Molokai and a number of books about Saul Bellow, including Small Planets: Saul Bellow as Short Fiction Writer, Conversations with Saul Bellow, and Saul Bellow in the 1980s.

Editorial Reviews

Cronin (English, Brigham Young U.) brings a feminist perspective to the Nobel Laureate's novels, which are largely peopled by male intellectuals playing out Bellow's conception of American masculinity. Drawing on French feminist theory of western male philosophers as well as other traditions, she contends that his protagonists search for and destroy a lost feminine essence that they yearn for, and thereby create their own prisons. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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