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Watson, Jamie.

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Man-Made Menopause and Architectural Embodiment in Herman Melville's "I and My Chimney" and "A Disembodied Listener": Hawthorne's Mesmeric Narrator in The House of the Seven Gables.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Man-Made Menopause and Architectural Embodiment in Herman Melville's "I and My Chimney" and "A Disembodied Listener": Hawthorne's Mesmeric Narrator in The House of the Seven Gables./
作者:	Watson, Jamie.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
面頁冊數:	58 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-05(E).
標題:	American literature. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10263332
ISBN:	9780355075793

Man-Made Menopause and Architectural Embodiment in Herman Melville's "I and My Chimney" and "A Disembodied Listener": Hawthorne's Mesmeric Narrator in The House of the Seven Gables.
Watson, Jamie.

Man-Made Menopause and Architectural Embodiment in Herman Melville's "I and My Chimney" and "A Disembodied Listener": Hawthorne's Mesmeric Narrator in The House of the Seven Gables. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 58 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-05.

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2017.

Herman Melville's 1856 short story "I and My Chimney" illustrates a dispute between an old man and his wife about the domestic inconveniences caused by the chimney centrally located in their home. The old man desires to preserve his chimney at all costs. Meanwhile, the wife seeks to reduce the size of the chimney for mobility within the home and the comfort of her family. R. Bruce Bickley, Jr. and Clark Davis, among others, view the old man's wife as emasculating. However, the narrator is responsible for many of the physical and mental conditions that limit his wife's agency. Furthermore, these conditions cause her to resemble the stereotypical nineteenth-century menopausal woman. I argue that, through this narrative, Melville suggests that menopausal symptoms are male-constructed rather than biological. In order to further support my argument that Melville does not characterize the wife as a tyrant, I compare Melville's story with Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "Revolt of 'Mother'"---a critically-accepted feminist text. Freeman's female protagonist experiences a similar plight to the wife in "I and My Chimney," though scholars have interpreted both women in significantly different ways. This intertextual approach shows similarities between the short stories and encourages a new reading of Melville's story that shows the depth of Melville's understanding of gender, sexuality, and aging.

ISBN: 9780355075793Subjects--Topical Terms:

523234
American literature.

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