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- Title
A Life in Exile Literature: Linda Lê and the English-Language Literary World.
- Authors
Kurmann, Alexandra
- Abstract
Linda Lê is distinctive for her intertextual engagement with global authors. Here, I examine her connections with exiled and nomadic English-language writers in her essay collections Tu écriras sur le bonheur (1999), Le complexe de Caliban (2005), and Par ailleurs (Exils) (2014). The dialogues within reveal two parallel authorial purposes: they substantiate the attitude Lê takes towards writing in exile and offer a roadmap to navigating her supplementary home in literature. I argue that Lê's reflections on English-language writers' biographies and her interpretations of their works thus had a defining effect on the construction of her life in exile literature.
- Subjects
LE, Linda; INTERTEXTUAL analysis; POSTCOLONIAL literature; MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965; ENGLISH literature
- Publication
Esprit Createur, 2023, Vol 63, Issue 4, p22
- ISSN
0014-0767
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/esp.2023.a919686