The Contemporary Myth of Women Artists in
Erica Jong's Novel Any Woman's Blues
Iliyana Nedkova

ISSN 1462-0426

Foreword

This research project examines the professional, social, personal and sexual identity of women artists in the late 1980s through a fictional character - Leila Sand - the protagonist in one of Erica Jong's latest novels Any Woman's Blues. The research employs the powerful 'tools' of textual analysis, deconstruction and interpretation in its attempt to dismantle the contemporary myths of womanhood. The text argues that creativity is available to women in the fin-de-siecle but yet there is still an outrageous price to be paid in the 'obstacle race' of the art world. Erica Jong's woman artist is caught in a transitional period of American culture when the myth of the eternal woman is no longer valid but the new patterns of the contemporary myth are gaining momentum.

Initially this web-text was my MA Thesis in English, American and Cultural Studies, Sofia University, Bulgaria.

I would like to believe that this web-of-words will stir up an on-line discussion and perhaps explore various new issues.

• Introduction
• Thesis
• The Popular Myth of the Eternal Woman
• On Women Artists in General Other Major Sections:-
  
• Women Artists' Personal Identity
• Women Artists' Sexual Identity
• Women Artists' Social Identity
• Women Artists' Professional Identity
• Conclusions
• Bibliography

Copyright © : Iliyana Nedkova,1996-7

N.Paradoxa : Issue No.6, 1998