Acknowledgements | |
Introduction | |
Weeping Madonnas: The Narrative Problem | p. 3 |
Introduction: Problematization of Female Sexuality | p. 3 |
Female Desire and (or) Motherhood | p. 12 |
Womanhood is Motherhood | p. 19 |
Asexuality and Motherhood | p. 26 |
The Father of the Text: The Narrative Solution | p. 34 |
Introduction: Subjectivity/Masculinity | p. 34 |
Author/izing the Female Object | p. 39 |
Monologos | p. 51 |
Camaraderie in Competition: Male Bonding and Male Rivalry | p. 64 |
Introduction: Conditions of Bonding/Rivalry | p. 64 |
Male Bonding and Male Rivalry | p. 66 |
Male Policing | p. 83 |
Danger, Women at Work | p. 100 |
Introduction: Inside vs Outside | p. 100 |
Female Characters at Work | p. 103 |
Leisured Female Characters | p. 120 |
Reconstructing the Family: The Power of Speech in Six Characters in Search of an Author | p. 137 |
Introduction: Family Matters | p. 137 |
Methodology | p. 151 |
Analysis | p. 154 |
Behind the Veil: Body Politics in Six Characters in Search of an Author | p. 164 |
Introduction: Body Politics | p. 164 |
The Dramatic Text | p. 166 |
Methodology | p. 170 |
Analysis | p. 174 |
Conclusion | p. 192 |
Appendix: 'Feminism': An Analysis | p. 195 |
Appendix: 'Feminism' by Pirandello | p. 204 |
Bibliography: Pirandello's plays | p. 208 |
Bibliography: English Translations | p. 209 |
Bibliography: Secondary Texts | p. 211 |
Index | p. 218 |
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