Gender, genre, and the myth of human singularity /
Nicole Tabor.
- 1 online resource (174 pages).
- Studies on themes and motifs in literature, volume 113 1056-3970 ; .
- Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; v. 113. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-155) and index.
Introduction: Defying laws of genre and gender -- The complete man: the heroic myth's reinvention in Ulysses: Samuel Beckett and generic refashioning -- A shimmering doubleness: community and estrangement in the dramatized novel between the acts: Jeanette Winterson and Woolf's hybridic legacy -- Turning 'Night into day': Stein's theatrical burlesque of enlightenment reason in Doctor Faustus Lights the lights -- Robert Wilson, Wooster Group, and Faustus's perpetual refashioning -- Conclusion: Breaking laws and the myth of human singularity.