Writing Is Revision : Compositions from the Feminist Fringe /

Through her use of the scholarly personal narrative and braided essay form, McGowan weaves strands of rhetoric with creative writing, navigating complex themes with academic rigor and emotional introspection. Her blend of equal parts humor, gravitas, and scholarship invites readers to explore the co...

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Main Author: McGowan, Cate (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Arts, Creativities, and Learning Environments in Global Perspectives ; 13.
Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

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505 0 |t Acknowledgements -- PART 1: Strands -- 1 What I Mean When I Talk about Women's Lives -- 2 Literary Resistance -- 3 A Fight for Truth -- 4 A Fight for Words: L'esprit de l'escalier -- 5 Descanso -- 6 My Mother's Voice -- 7 Wheel in the Sky -- 8 Writing Is Revision -- 9 Negative Capability -- PART 2: Construction -- 10 Primary Sources: My Fiction as Creative Dialectic --  1 Crafting Truths --  2 Close Readings -- 11 Coda -- Index. 
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