{"product_id":"tell-me-a-riddle-tillie-olsen-paperback-softback-9780813521374","title":"\"Tell Me a Riddle\"; Tillie Olsen (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813521374","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e\"Tell Me a Riddle\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTillie Olsen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDeborah Silverton Rosenfelt (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813521374\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e326 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“Tell Me a Riddle” renders an unforgettable portrait of a working class couple when the gender determined differences in their experiences of poverty and familial life give rise to bitter conflict after almost four decades of marriage.  As she dies from cancer, Eva, the protagonist, recollects a revolutionary past that both critiques and offers hope for the present.  Deborah Rosenfelt’s introduction and the essays in this volume survey the critical reception of this highly acclaimed story, analyze its biographical and historical contexts, examine the text’s language, structure, spiritual and moral significance, and illuminate Olsen’s relationship to the American midwest, the American left, and the Jewish enlightenment tradition. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Olsen’s life, an authoritative text of “Tell Me a Riddle,” relevant essays by Olsen, seven critical essays, and a bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors are: Joanne Trautmann Banks, Constance Coiner, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Mara Faulkner, Elaine Orr, Linda Ray Pratt, and Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction - Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tell Me a Riddle - Tillie Olsen\u003cbr\u003e Background to the Story:\u003cbr\u003e Silences in Literature - Tillie Olsen\u003cbr\u003e Personal Statement - Tillie Olsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Critical Essays:\u003cbr\u003e The Circumstances of Silence: Literary Representation and Tillie Olsen's Omaha Past - Linda Ray Pratt\u003cbr\u003e From the Thirties: Tillie Olsen and the Radical Tradition - Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt\u003cbr\u003e A Feminist Spiritual Vision - Elaine Neil Orr\u003cbr\u003e Death Labors - Joanne Trautmann Banks\u003cbr\u003e Motherhood as a Source and Silencer of Creativity - Mara Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e To \"\u003cbr\u003eBear My Mother's Name\"\u003cbr\u003e: Kunstlerromane by Women Writers - Rachel Blau Duplessis\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003eNo One's Private Ground\"\u003cbr\u003e: A Bakhtinian Reading of Tillie Olsen's Tell Me a Riddle - Constance Coiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Permissions\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694718349592,"sku":"9780813521374","price":25.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tell-me-a-riddle-tillie-olsen-paperback-softback-9780813521374","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}