Andermahr, S. (2011) Hooked on classics: 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit' 25 years on. Invited Keynote presented to: Jeanette Winterson: A Critical Exploration, University of Leeds, 02-03 July 2011. (Unpublished)
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Abstract:
This presentation assesses the significance of Jeanette Winterson's 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit' 25 years after its initial publication. It discusses the many ways in which the text circulates as a 'classic', as a much loved comic novel of growing up, as teaching material, as an aspect of popular/literary culture, and as part of Winterson’s own mythobiography. Its success may be attributed to the ways in which the narrative ‘hooks’ itself onto classic texts, which circulate in the culture’s collective unconscious. The paper combines these emphases to consider the novel as a literary classic that both inscribes and subverts the canonical tradition in the process of reworking autobiography as art. It draws on recent interviews with Winterson to suggest that the novel represents a ‘cover story’ that conceals the sense of loss intrinsic to Winterson’s origin story
Uncontrolled Keywords:
literary classic; origin stories; autobiographical fiction; loss
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Creators:
Andermahr, S.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:
3 July 2011
Date Type:
Presentation
Event Title:
Jeanette Winterson: A Critical Exploration
Event Dates:
02-03 July 2011
Event Location:
University of Leeds
Event Type:
Conference
Language:
English
Status:
Unpublished
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