Manchester University Press
Introduction
Abstract
This chapter presents an introduction to the life and works of Jeanette Winterson. Winterson was born in Manchester on 27 August 1959 and brought up in the nearby mill-town of Accrington, Lancashire, by her adoptive parents, Constance and John William Winterson, in a strict Pentecostal Evangelist faith. Her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was published in 1985 and earned the Whitbread First Novel Award. In 1990, Oranges was made into a TV drama, winning two BAFTA awards (for Best TV Drama Series and for Best Actress) and the Prix d'argent for Best Script in 1991. Winterson's work has been placed in one or other of the boxes labelled ‘lesbian fiction’ or ‘postmodernist fiction’. However, the writer rejects both qualifications, particularly that of ‘lesbian writer’, and insists that she expects to be called simply ‘a writer’, as male authors usually are.
Abstract
This chapter presents an introduction to the life and works of Jeanette Winterson. Winterson was born in Manchester on 27 August 1959 and brought up in the nearby mill-town of Accrington, Lancashire, by her adoptive parents, Constance and John William Winterson, in a strict Pentecostal Evangelist faith. Her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was published in 1985 and earned the Whitbread First Novel Award. In 1990, Oranges was made into a TV drama, winning two BAFTA awards (for Best TV Drama Series and for Best Actress) and the Prix d'argent for Best Script in 1991. Winterson's work has been placed in one or other of the boxes labelled ‘lesbian fiction’ or ‘postmodernist fiction’. However, the writer rejects both qualifications, particularly that of ‘lesbian writer’, and insists that she expects to be called simply ‘a writer’, as male authors usually are.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Epigraph v
- Dedication vii
- Contents ix
- Series editor’s foreword xi
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Introduction 1
- 1 Of priests and prophets 17
- 2 History and storytelling 54
- 3 The art of love 108
- 4 Multiple selves and worlds 154
- 5 Only connect . . . 203
- Conclusion 226
- Bibliography 235
- Index 251
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Epigraph v
- Dedication vii
- Contents ix
- Series editor’s foreword xi
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Introduction 1
- 1 Of priests and prophets 17
- 2 History and storytelling 54
- 3 The art of love 108
- 4 Multiple selves and worlds 154
- 5 Only connect . . . 203
- Conclusion 226
- Bibliography 235
- Index 251
