Katherine J. Weese is an English professor at Hampden-Sydney College. Her articles on the fantastic and feminist fiction have appeared in Journal of Narrative Theory, Modern Fiction Studies, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction.

“fascinating...well worth reading”—Science Fiction Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface     Introduction: Theories of the Fantastic and Feminist Narrative Theory—An Intersection     PART I. GOTHIC FICTIONS AND THE FANTASTIC1. The Novel Weapon: Gender and Genre in Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea      2. From “The Lady of Shalott” to “Lady Lazarus”: Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle      PART II. GHOSTLY NARRATORS AND NARRATIVE VOICE3. Narration from Beyond the Grave in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping      4. The “Invisible” Woman: Narrative Strategies in Carol Shields’s The Stone Diaries      PART III. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE FANTASTIC5. “The Eyes in the Trees”: Transculturation and Magic Realism in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible      6. Telling Beloved’s Story      7. The Gospel According to Consolata: Alternative Christianities and Toni Morrison’s Paradise      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Katherine J. Weese is an English professor at Hampden-Sydney College. Her articles on the fantastic and feminist fiction have appeared in Journal of Narrative Theory, Modern Fiction Studies, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction.

“fascinating...well worth reading”—Science Fiction Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface     Introduction: Theories of the Fantastic and Feminist Narrative Theory—An Intersection     PART I. GOTHIC FICTIONS AND THE FANTASTIC1. The Novel Weapon: Gender and Genre in Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea      2. From “The Lady of Shalott” to “Lady Lazarus”: Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle      PART II. GHOSTLY NARRATORS AND NARRATIVE VOICE3. Narration from Beyond the Grave in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping      4. The “Invisible” Woman: Narrative Strategies in Carol Shields’s The Stone Diaries      PART III. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE FANTASTIC5. “The Eyes in the Trees”: Transculturation and Magic Realism in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible      6. Telling Beloved’s Story      7. The Gospel According to Consolata: Alternative Christianities and Toni Morrison’s Paradise      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Katherine J. Weese is an English professor at Hampden-Sydney College. Her articles on the fantastic and feminist fiction have appeared in Journal of Narrative Theory, Modern Fiction Studies, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction.

“fascinating...well worth reading”—Science Fiction Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface     Introduction: Theories of the Fantastic and Feminist Narrative Theory—An Intersection     PART I. GOTHIC FICTIONS AND THE FANTASTIC1. The Novel Weapon: Gender and Genre in Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea      2. From “The Lady of Shalott” to “Lady Lazarus”: Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle      PART II. GHOSTLY NARRATORS AND NARRATIVE VOICE3. Narration from Beyond the Grave in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping      4. The “Invisible” Woman: Narrative Strategies in Carol Shields’s The Stone Diaries      PART III. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE FANTASTIC5. “The Eyes in the Trees”: Transculturation and Magic Realism in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible      6. Telling Beloved’s Story      7. The Gospel According to Consolata: Alternative Christianities and Toni Morrison’s Paradise      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index