“That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti

The Octagonal Heart (1956) depicts Ariadne Thompson’s memories of the happy summers she spent as a child with her extended family in the octagonal house, Parnassus, a private residence near St. Louis, USA. A strong sense of Greekness permeates the intertwining layers of the memoir, the physical one...

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Main Author: Iancu Anca-Luminiţa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2023-06-01
Series:American, British and Canadian Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2023-0007