Anaïs Nin and the Remaking of Self: Gender, Modernism, and Narrative Identity

by Diane Richard-Allerdyce

Overview

This work traces the development of Anais Nin's theories of gender and the creative self through her fiction, criticism and diaries. It frames its analysis with a Lacanian perspective that complements Nin's recreation of her personal history and interest in psychoanalysis and modernism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875802329
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Edition description:	1
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

A critical study of the whole body of writing by Nin (1903-77), who secured her place as a major figure in the literary world with her provocative diaries and relationships, but whose work itself has received little attention. Finds that her work mirrored her struggle to resist depression, and that she used specific literary forms in conjunction with psychoanalysis in a process of narrative recovery. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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