John Fowles : visionary and voyeur / / Brooke Lenz.

Best known as the author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman and The Magus , John Fowles achieved both critical and popular success as a writer of profound and provocative fiction. In this innovative new study, Brooke Lenz reconsiders Fowles’ controversial contributions to feminist thought. Combining l...

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Superior document:Costerus ; new ser., 175
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Costerus ; new ser., v. 175.
Physical Description:1 online resource (259 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ON FOWLES AND FEMINISM
  • VOYEURISM AND OTHER VISUAL PLEASURES
  • OBJECTIFICATION AND EXPLOITATION: VICTIMIZED PERSPECTIVES IN THE COLLECTOR
  • A CONFLICT OF GENDERED PERSPECTIVES: VOYEURISM, VIOLENCE, AND SEDUCTION IN THE MAGUS
  • A CRISIS OF AUTHORITY: FANTASY AND FEMINISM IN THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN
  • WOMEN IN THE WASTELAND: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN THE EBONY TOWER
  • WHOLE SIGHT; AND DESOLATION: SITUATED KNOWLEDGES IN DANIEL MARTIN
  • INTERLUDE: MANTISSA
  • SEDUCTIVE AND SITUATED DISSENT: A MAGGOT AS WINGED CREATURE
  • ON AUTHORITY AND AUTHENTICITY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.