Jeanette Winterson: The Essential GuideIn Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Jeanette Winterson. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with Jeanette Winterson, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide deals with Winterson's themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. |
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allusion ANALYSE Angela Carter Art & Lies ASSESS century character characterisation city of mazes COMPARE AND CONTRAST comparisons and complementary connections consider context critical describe DISCUSSION OR ESSAYS DogWoman Eliot’s example Fiona Shaw Focus found objects Fruit gender Gulliver’s Travels Henri Ian McEwan icon idea imagery images imagination inset fairy stories inset stories interview with Winterson Jane Eyre Jeanette Winterson journey Kathy Acker language lesbian Look back means metaphor Napoleon narrative method novel passage Passion person Peter Ackroyd phrases play poem PowerBook QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION read Winterson’s reader Reading activities Reading guides reference relate Remember RESEARCH AND COMPARE role romantic love Sexing the Cherry storytelling suggest symbols tale themes there’s things treatment tulip Venice Villanelle Villanelle’s VINTAGE LIVING TEXTS Winnet Winterson says Winterson’s fiction Winterson’s Oranges woman women Woolf words writing