Letters And Labyrinths : Women Writing/Cultural Codes

This study begins with a series of cultural artifacts and explores the way they function both as concrete presences and metaphorical configurations in literary texts. These objects lead to matters central to current critical debate by testifying to cultural values and preconceptions and undermining such certainties. Concentrating on women writers, it enters into the complex discussion of gender issues; however, its larger concern is the way our notions of human subjectivity are constituted.