Ryder
eBook - ePub

Ryder

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ryder

About this book

This modernist, experimental, and controversial novel examines gender politics in the lives of an American family.
 
Lesbian poet, journalist, and illustrator Djuna Barnes's debut novel was a sensation when it was originally published in 1928. A bawdy parody of patriarchal repression, the book was heavily censored upon its release in America. An exploration of sexuality that is thought to be based on Barnes's own life, the novel depicts a family headed by polygamist Wendell Ryder through the eyes of his daughter, Julia. Employing a variety of literary styles, from parable, poetry, sentimental fiction, and drama, Barnes satirizes masculinity and femininity in one of modern literature's first and best examinations of gender and power dynamics.

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Information

Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781504082181
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. A Note on the Text and Illustrations
  7. 1: Jesus Mundane
  8. 2: Those Twain—Sophia’s Parents!
  9. 3: Sophia and the Five Fine Chamber-pots
  10. 4: Wendell Is Born
  11. 5: Rape and Repining!
  12. 6: Portrait of Amelia’s Beginning
  13. 7: Sophia Tells Wendell How He Was Conceived
  14. 8: Pro and Con, or the Sisters Louise
  15. 9: Tears, Idle Tears!
  16. 10: The Occupations of Wendell
  17. 11: However, for the Reader’s Benefit
  18. 12: Amelia Hears from Her Sister in re Hisodalgus, That Fine Horse
  19. 13: Midwives’ Lament, or the Horrid Outcome of Wendell’s First Infidelity
  20. 14: Sophia’s Last Will and Testament
  21. 15: Who Was the Girl?
  22. 16: The Coming of Kate-Careless, a Rude Chapter
  23. 17: What Kate Was Not
  24. 18: Yet for Vindication of Wendell
  25. 19: Amelia and Kate Taken to Bed
  26. 20: Amelia Dreams of the Ox of a Black Beauty
  27. 21: Wendell Dresses His Child
  28. 22: And Amelia Sings a Lullaby
  29. 23: Wendell Tells the Mystery to Julie and to Timothy
  30. 24: Julie Becomes What She Had Read
  31. 25: Amelia Hears from Her Sister in Regard to a
  32. 26: Kate and Amelia Go A-Dunging
  33. 27: The Beast Thingumbob
  34. 28: If Some Strong Woman—
  35. 29: The Psychology of Nicknames
  36. 30: The Cat Comes Out of the Well
  37. 31: No Greater Love Hath Any Man
  38. 32: The Soliloquy of Dr. Matthew O’Connor (Family Physician to the Ryders) on the Way to and from the Confessional of Father Lucas
  39. 33: Be She What She May
  40. 34: They Do Not Much Agree
  41. 35: Amelia Hears from Her Sister in Regard to Timothy
  42. 36: Amelia Tells a Bed-time Story
  43. 37: Sweetly Told
  44. 38: Dr. Matthew O’Connor and the Children
  45. 39: Wendell Discusses Himself with His Mother
  46. 40: Old Wives’ Tale, or the Knit Codpieces
  47. 41: Wherein Sophia Goes A-Begging
  48. 42: Amelia Hears from Her Sister on the Misfortunes of Women
  49. 43: Timothy Strives Greatly with a Whore
  50. 44: Fine Bitches All, and Molly Dance
  51. 45: Dr. Matthew O’Connor Talks to Wendell on Holy Inspiration
  52. 46: Ryder—His Race
  53. 47: Going To, and Coming From
  54. 48: Elisha in Love with the Maiden
  55. 49: Three Great Moments of History
  56. 50: Whom Should He Disappoint Now?
  57. Afterword by Paul West
  58. Copyright