IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER FEMALE BONDING IN STEPHEN KING’S DOLORES CLAIBORNE
IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER FEMALE BONDING IN STEPHEN KING’S DOLORES CLAIBORNE

Summary/Abstract: "I have to admit that I might be accused of plagiarism for the title of my paper: I was inspired by Jim Sheridan’s film entitled In the Name of the Father, a film about the IRA, where a son sacrifices himself for his father. I am focusing on a similarly huge sacrifice, this time occurring along female “lines” within the family: this is going to be the story of a woman who is driven to murder her husband in order to save her child from further molestation. Dolores Claiborne is the title of the novel, written by Stephen King, who is more noted for his special brand of horror fiction than for mainstream literature. “Although critical and academic audiences for the most part "[...]

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