Middlesex | Wendy Perkins
Perkins is a professor of American and English literature and film. In this essay, she examines the tensions between integration and displacement in the novel.
Wendy Perkins
Perkins is a professor of American and English literature and film. In this essay, she examines the tensions between integration and displacement in the novel.
Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex presents two narrative plot lines: the three-generational epic story of the Greek-American Stephanides family and a poignant coming-of-age tale of one member of that family. Cal's controlling voice integrates the two storylines that wind through the novel like Des-demona's silk threads, forming an intricate thematic fabric that illustrates the tensions...
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