Ana�s Nin, Fictionality and Femininity

by Helen Tookey

Overview

Helen Tookey examines the work of Anaïs Nin (1903-77)— and the different versions of Nin herself, as woman, writer, and iconic figure—through the lens of cultural and historical contexts. She focuses particularly on questions of identity and femininity, exploring how the self, for Nin, is constructed through narratives and performances of various kinds, and shedding light on key issues and conflicts within feminist thinking since the 1970s, particularly questions of identity, femininity, and psychoanalysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199249831
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/27/2003
Series:	Oxford English Monographs
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Helen Tookey was born in Leicester in 1969. She studied philosophy at Sheffield and Cambridge, gaining a D.Phil from Oxford in 2000. She has taught at Liverpool University and Manchester Metropolitan University.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. 'I Must Live within Stories': Narratives of the Self2. 'As Fluid as Mercury': Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Questions of Identity3. Sphinxes and Scheherezades: The Actress and the Femme Fatale4. 'Revolution in Writing': Gender, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of the Ideal Language5. 'I am the Other Face of You': Fantasies and FemininityBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"The book reveals Tookey's thorough grasp of Nin's writings and of all relevant and recent literary criticism.... Articulate, readable, and well footnoted—with a good bibliography and index—this is a valuable volume for Nin scholars."—Choice

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