The Intricacies of M.F.K. Fisher: Discovering a Kaleidoscopic Hybridity

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Sleeper, Elizabeth Lee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clark Davis, Ph.D.
• Brian Kiteley
• Lawrence Conyers

• American women writers
• Feminism
• Genre theory
• Hybridity
• Memoir
• M.F.K. Fisher
• English Language and Literature
• Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Statement dc:rights

• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/609

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1608