Mary Elisabeth Elliott
Olson 18A
Thursday June 5; 5:00-6:30pm
The impossible woman, a character type which appears in works by 19th century Russian women writers, has, as her purview, the unique experience of the endogenous sublime, a sublime that is outside the aesthetic framework proffered by the masculinist tradition. By analyzing her character, her aesthetic representation and experiences, the impossible woman, through the conditions of her impossibility, presents the potential for innovative considerations of liminality, recognition and the power that hope brings to those confined to the in-between.
Mary Elisabeth Elliott is a PhD Candidate and Associate Instructor in the Department of Comparative Literature.
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