• Race, gender, and the limits of physicality in Ourika and Quicksand 

    Alafaireet, Lamia (University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
    A comparison of Claire de Duras's Ourika and Nella Larsen's Quicksand may at first seem puzzling to those familiar with the differing social and historical contexts of the two works. While it may be tempting to read Ourika ...