The Fictions of Anita Brookner

Skinner, John

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“…As John Skinner has argued, although Brookner writes 'stylistically' as an English 'insider', her predominantly female protagonists are 'mentally, if not ethnically, outsiders'. 35 Brookner's precarious position -as neither an 'insider' nor an 'outsider', neither 'Jewish' nor 'English' -can, in this regard, be related to Pinter. After The Birthday Party Pinter, not unlike Brookner, universalized his Jewishness so as to make it unrepresentable.…”

Section: 'Ineffable and Usable': Towards A Diasporic British-jewish Wmentioning

confidence: 93%

‘Ineffable and usable’: Towards a diasporic British‐Jewish writing

Cheyette

1996

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Section: 'Ineffable and Usable': Towards A Diasporic British-jewish Wmentioning

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‘Ineffable and usable’: Towards a diasporic British‐Jewish writing

Cheyette

1996

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“…That is, the notion that events in the system at large pressured political communities into courses of action they hitherto would not contemplate: this is, as Skinner elucidates, the argument that 'the times are more powerful than our brains'. 35 Machiavelli's fear, one he realised at the hands of the French, was that virtu could so 'easily be ruined before the new order has been brought to completion'. 36 This did not mean that Machiavelli thought virtu was automatically lost in such instances, on the contrary, he believed that 'if fortune changes, sometimes raising them, sometimes casting them down, they do not change, but remain ever resolute, so resolute in mind and conduct through life that it is easy for anyone to see that fortune holds no sway over them'.…”

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The European Union's Normative Power in a Multipolar World

Fiott

2011

SSRN Journal

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This paper reappraises Normative Power Europe theory in light of the possible changes that a future multipolar order may bring about. If-and "if" should still be stressed at present-the world is heading towards multipolarity between states such as the US, China, India and Brazil and entities such as the EU what consequences will this have for NPE theory? If the "rules" of this multipolar order are set to be cast in "Westphalian" terms, does this necessarily preclude the EU from participating in such an order? If the EU is not to play by these "rules", is NPE robust enough to weather the storms that will potentially gather with the ascendency of states with no automatic loyalty to traditional Western economic and political norms? If it is willing to play by these "rules", will this pressure the EU into a serious rethink not just on its strategy but on the tools it will require to secure its position in a multipolar world? _____________________________________________________________________________ 'That your virtue is your Self, and not an outward thing, a skin, or a cloak: that is the truth from the basis of your souls, ye virtuous ones!' Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra ''A state of affairs is thinkable': what this means is that we can picture it to ourselves.'

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“…According to Ann Fisher-Wirth in "Hunger Art: The Novels of Anita Brookner", the tragedy of Brookner's female protagonists is actually a result of how fervently they accept the symbolic order that excludes them. Her characters are much like starving artists who couldn't get the food they liked and remained outcasts from society (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Anna Durrant, the protagonist of Fraud, is a classic because she embodies women who are older and are battling desires, enmities, nostalgia, and loneliness.…”

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Reading Fraud from the Gaze Theory: The Gaze and Anti-Gaze in Anna Durrant

Chen

2022

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The loneliness and isolation experienced by older women have frequently been the focus of Brookner's writing. Fraud, one of her typical novels, provided a provocative perspective on age and gender. In light of a number of previous studies, this article aims to contribute to the study of feminist fiction that focuses on older women and to encourage more academic inquiry and study in this area. Based on the method of literature research and detailed reading of Fraud, the essay demonstrated the dual gaze that Anna, the protagonist of Fraud, experienced from both sexes, particularly from her mother and Lawrence Halliday, in accordance with the gaze theory. The gaze showed exterior control in Anna as well as how she internalized those gaze and molded herself into the object of others’ sight. Though she was observed by others and lived by their expectations for half of her life, Anna "counter-gazed" the overall look in her own unique way. She was liberated from the ongoing fraud thanks to her anorexia, dreams, straight look, and clothing design. Finally, the once-submissive Anna developed into an independent woman, speaking up forcefully for women to follow their own aspirations. By examining the gaze and anti-gaze that Anna experienced, the essay empowers all older women to recognize that new routes are open to them and inspires all women to confront the oppressive gaze and live their lives to the fullest.

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The Fictions of Anita Brookner

Cited by 6 publications

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‘Ineffable and usable’: Towards a diasporic British‐Jewish writing

‘Ineffable and usable’: Towards a diasporic British‐Jewish writing

The European Union's Normative Power in a Multipolar World

Reading Fraud from the Gaze Theory: The Gaze and Anti-Gaze in Anna Durrant

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