Date of Award
1-1-2011
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Clark Davis, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Brian Kiteley
Third Advisor
Lawrence Conyers
Keywords
American women writers, Feminism, Genre theory, Hybridity, Memoir, M.F.K. Fisher
Abstract
This thesis seeks to analyze M.F.K. Fisher's socio-historic role and the components of her texts as a means to interrogate the categorization of her writing, to identify her authorial voice, and to see how it all contributes to and proves that Fisher is a `kaleidoscopic' hybrid writer. I utilize theoretical positions such as New Historicism, Feminism, Genre Theory, and Everyday Theory to help me identify and explain the hybrid tendencies of Fisher's writing. It is not a comprehensive study of her texts in light of these theories, but rather, it is a broad overview in order to demonstrate alternative readings of Fisher's work.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Elizabeth Lee Sleeper
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
114 p.
Recommended Citation
Sleeper, Elizabeth Lee, "The Intricacies of M.F.K. Fisher: Discovering a Kaleidoscopic Hybridity" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 609.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/609
Copyright date
2011
Discipline
Literature
Included in
English Language and Literature Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons