Sheila Heti's Motherhood, Choice, and Transformative Experience.
A literary criticism of the book "Motherhood" by Sheila Heti is presented, focusing on its philosophical exploration of the nature of choice. Topics include the dilemma of deciding to have children, the concept of transformative experience, and the interplay between autofiction and philosophical inq...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Literature Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 363 - 388 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Fall2024
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