The Reinvention of Identity in Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex
In his second novel, Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides is deep in the Greeks. If Melville in Moby Dick sets up an anthology of whaling, Eugenides builds his collection of Greekness. It may be because the Greeks found a mythical way out of the contradictions and the ambiguities that characterize the fragm...
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Published in | European journal of American studies Vol. 6; no. 2 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
European Association for American Studies
04.04.2011
The European Association for American Studies (EAAS) |
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Summary: | In his second novel, Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides is deep in the Greeks. If Melville in Moby Dick sets up an anthology of whaling, Eugenides builds his collection of Greekness. It may be because the Greeks found a mythical way out of the contradictions and the ambiguities that characterize the fragmented human being in search of unity through Hermaphroditus, the figure of an indivisible duality, quite appropriate to express the diverse reality of American unity. The Pulitzer-prized writer rev... |
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ISSN: | 1991-9336 1991-9336 |
DOI: | 10.4000/ejas.9036 |