JOURNAL ARTICLE

"Feeling Thought": Exploring the Materiality of the Mind in A. S. Byatt's Fairy Tales.

  • Published In: Marvels & Tales, 2023, v. 37, n. 2. P. 262 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Beltrami, Marzia 3 of 3

Abstract

Through the analysis of "Cold" (1998), "A Stone Woman" (2003), and "The People in the House in the House" (2009), the article explores how A. S. Byatt uses the fairy-tale genre's familiarity with the marvelous to make the interdependence of body and mind more visible, by featuring impossible creatures, fantastic metamorphoses, and clashes between scales. In her fairy tales, Byatt's reflection on the embodied mind intersects with her interest in materiality with quite unique results compared to her realist fiction. Using the idea of "feeling thought" as fil rouge, the article traces a connection between the materiality of represented bodies and minds and the metafictional awareness of the materiality of stories themselves as composed of reused motifs and strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Marvels & Tales. 2023/07, Vol. 37, Issue 2, p262
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Women's Studies and Feminism
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1521-4281
  • DOI:10.1353/mat.2023.a923685
  • Accession Number:176632496
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