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Reading Adoption A literary scholar who is an adult adoptee delves into one of the enduring themes of literature—the child raised by other parents
"Weaving together perceptive literary analyses, skillful expositions of cultural history, and thoughtful discussions of her own experiences as an adoptee, Marianne Novy illuminates texts ranging from Shakespeare's plays to the novels of Barbara Kingsolver. This book will interest not only students of literature but the many people involved with the process of adoption." "In Reading Adoption Marianne Novy takes us back to Oedipus, that quintessential adoptee, and to Shakespeare's romance with parent-child reunions, as well as to orphans lost and found in modern English and American literature. And all the while she gives us insights into living adoption as she weaves her own story of reuniting with her birth mother, which is as absorbing as any of the fictional narratives she has guided us through." "Art imitates life, and vice versa in Marianne Novy's thought provoking, even-handed analysis of the classic plot device, the abandoned child. Drawing on her own experiences as a person adopted in the 1940s, and as a mother, along with her probing insite as an academic, Novy explores the evolving definitions of 'parent' thoroughout literature and history with sensitivity wisdom and fairness." Read More About Reading Adoption at www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=206486. This special discount is available until June 1, 2008. |
