Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
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Dancing in the Flames; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Lee Smith Chronology; Introduction; I. Nothing left to say -- II. Visions of rape -- III. Enclosed ... in God's womb -- IV. Upended among these roses -- V. I walked in my body like a Queen -- VI. Figures a-dancing ... in the flames -- VII. Swimming free ... in and out of undersea caverns -- VIII. Praying straight into the wind -- IX. Part of the earth and the sky, the living and the dead -- Conclusion; Works Cited; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The protagonists of Lee Smith's novels feel estranged from any sense of feminine sacredness as they struggle in their individual searches for a belief system that offers them hope and validation. Chapters describe how Smith has retrieved in her fiction a source of transformative power"--Provided by publisher.