Między fantazją a rzeczywistością, między erotyzmem a wyobraźnią. Miłość w prozie Anaïs Nin
Between Fantasy and Reality, Between Eroticism and Imagination Love in the Prose of Anaïs Nin

Author(s): Bojana Bujwid‑Sadowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Anaïs Nin; feminism; new erotica; new woman; sexuality
Summary/Abstract: In this article, an attempt has been made to show Anaïs Nin’s understandingof love and the philosophy of “new erotica” and “new woman” resulting from it in thelight of selected works by the writer: The House of Incest, Spy in the House of Love, Seduction of the Minotaur, and Diaries. This philosophy – developed in the diaries and then transposed into fiction presented in the form of continuous novel – refers to the life of Nin and her vision of a “new woman,” in which the writer then attires the heroines of her novelsand makes them wear it as their own. The multifaceted nature of a woman, manifested inher various roles, both creative and destructive, is expressed in her dreams, in her lusts,in a pattern that is unique to every woman. Exploring herself through sexuality becomesa source of knowledge for Nin about herself and about women in general.

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