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" Dancing in the flames : "
Linda Byrd Cook.
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BL
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999847
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b754217
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| Main Entry
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Cook, Linda Byrd,1954-
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Dancing in the flames : : spiritual journey in the novels of Lee Smith /\ Linda Byrd Cook.
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Jefferson, N.C. :: McFarland & Co.,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
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0786453508
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: 1282280546
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: 6612280549
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: 9780786453504
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: 9781282280540
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: 9786612280542
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0786441100
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9780786441105
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
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| Contents
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Dancing in the Flames; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Lee Smith Chronology; Introduction; I. Nothing left to say -- II. Visions of rape -- III. Enclosed ... in God's womb -- IV. Upended among these roses -- V. I walked in my body like a Queen -- VI. Figures a-dancing ... in the flames -- VII. Swimming free ... in and out of undersea caverns -- VIII. Praying straight into the wind -- IX. Part of the earth and the sky, the living and the dead -- Conclusion; Works Cited; Index.
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| Abstract
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"The protagonists of Lee Smith's novels feel estranged from any sense of feminine sacredness as they struggle in their individual searches for a belief system that offers them hope and validation. Chapters describe how Smith has retrieved in her fiction a source of transformative power"--Provided by publisher.
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Smith, Lee,1944-Criticism and interpretation.
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Smith, Lee,1944-
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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PS3569.M5376Z64 2009eb
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