New Book: Anne Enright: Feminine Aesthetics: Writing, Mothering, Spiraling by Caroline Eufrausino. Peter Lang Press
Anne Enright
has publicly evidenced gender imbalance in publishing mentioning that men
mostly praise books written by men. This book claims that Enright advocates for
this cause by giving voice, in her literature, to those she considers the most
repressed in the society she reports to. By telling stories of pregnancy,
mothers, daughters and grandmothers, she empowers women, opens up possibilities
for the future and gives expression to opinions long buried.
ANNE ENRIGHT Feminine Aesthetics: Writing, Mothering, Spiraling retraces
Enright’s prose and it comes up with an original account of her aesthetics:
Enright writes in a spiral, her works reveals a spiraling aesthetics in which
the spiral is feminine and it lifts women’s reputation up.
In this aesthetical process, the author uses narrative strategies to guide the
reader in a circular-upward progression towards social self-awareness. In
reading Enright’s literary texts, the individual is led to perceive
self-reflection by exploring the inner self and the body of her characters.
Then, carried by the spiral, the narrative promotes an elevation of the reader
towards self-awareness of his or her materiality immersed in a great realm of
human relations.
About the Author
Caroline Eufrausino holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Letters (Portuguese and
English) from University of São Paulo (2009), a Master’s Degree in Twentieth
Century Irish Writing and Cultural Theory from National University of Ireland
Maynooth (2011) and a PhD Degree in Linguistic and Literary Studies from
University of São Paulo (2017). In 2017, she received a grant from IASIL to
present her research results at IASIL Conference in Singapore. Eufrausino
teaches English at Federal Institute of São Paulo in Brazil, and currently she
has a post-doctoral research project about “Literature and Censorship –
Brazil/Ireland”. She is part of the directive board of the Brazilian
Association of Irish Studies (ABEI) and also acts as researcher about
Literatures written in English.
The book is available on Peter Lang’s website: https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/75052
and Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Enright-Aesthetics-Mothering-Spiraling/dp/1800791631/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=caroline+eufrausino&qid=1615909372&sr=8-1