Praxis Overview
Fay Weldon's novel Praxis is a complex feminist text which tells the story of Praxis Duveen. Praxis grows up in a fraught home environment, and struggles to find solace, peace, and a true sense of direction. Throughout her life, she vacillates between embracing and defying cultural norms, thus illustrating her profound desire for both acceptance and freedom. The novel is written from both the first and the third person points of view, and explores themes including, autonomy, morality, and mental health.
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Fay Weldon Biographies (4)
970 words, approx. 4 pages
British novelist, dramatist, essayist, and feminist Fay Birkinshaw Weldon (born 1931) was famous for her witty and satirical evocations of contemporary mores and morals as they affect the lives of wom...
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7,225 words, approx. 25 pages
Biography EssayFay Weldon, who is also a successful stage, radio, and television playwright, established her reputation as a novelist by writing tart, intelligent, and often comic fictions about the l...
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9,500 words, approx. 32 pages
[This entry was updated by Margaret E. Mitchell (University of Connecticut) from the entry by Harriet Blodgett (California State University, Stanislaus) in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary B...
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12,470 words, approx. 42 pages
Fay Weldon's skill at satire, wry humor, and witty prose have helped to establish her reputation as a novelist whose primary subjects are the lives and natures of women. She is also an accomplished st...
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