Originally published in 1935, The Unpredictable Adventure is considered to be one of the most significant of the utopias published by women in the United States during the 1930s. Serious fun, it is a rollicking, passionate exploration of female sexuality that questions male authority and anticipates many contemporary feminist concerns. The heroine of the novel, Tellectina, leaves her hometown, Smug Harbor--in the Land of Err where only Halfish is spoken--to travel in the "Forbidden Country" of Nithking, where Reasonese is ...
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Originally published in 1935, The Unpredictable Adventure is considered to be one of the most significant of the utopias published by women in the United States during the 1930s. Serious fun, it is a rollicking, passionate exploration of female sexuality that questions male authority and anticipates many contemporary feminist concerns. The heroine of the novel, Tellectina, leaves her hometown, Smug Harbor--in the Land of Err where only Halfish is spoken--to travel in the "Forbidden Country" of Nithking, where Reasonese is spoken. Under the tutelage of Aunt Sophistica, Tellectina searches for Mount Certitude and predictability. Unique in her treatment of gendered sex roles, Owens invents a mythology of sexual initiation rites, examines the problems in marriage, religion, divorce, and earning a living, while vividly portraying the universal struggle of women to achieve a balanced life.
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