The Book of Jane is a perceptive, tenacious investigation of gender, authority, and art. Jennifer Habel draws a contrast between the archetype of the lone male genius and the circumscribed, relational lives of women. Habel points repeatedly to discrepancies of scale: the grand arenas of Balanchine, Einstein, and Matisse are set against the female miniature - the dancer's stockings, the anonymous needlepoint, the diary entry, the inventory of a purse.
- ISBN13 9781609387075
- Publish Date 1 April 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Iowa Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 110
- Language English