Kate Fitzgerald Kate Fitzgerald i(A133910 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 When Weeping Is a Crime : Writing the 'Wounded Woman' from a Non-Diagnostic Perspective Kate Fitzgerald , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , November vol. 8 no. 2 2018;

'The ‘wounded woman’ in fiction has always been a troublesome concept. From the glamorisation of nineteenth-century asylum inmates to the belittling of the contemporary memoirist, the ‘woman who cried pain’ is viewed as either enticing and prophetic or narcissistic and dishonest. For the female writer with a mental disorder, the implication that she should not write of her suffering for fear of cliché is overtly damaging. In ‘A grand unified theory of female pain’, Leslie Jamison discusses the importance of the creative expression of pain, and questions whether it is possible to do so while eluding stigma. I will build on Jamison’s considerations by establishing a fictocritical dialogue between writer and critic, suggesting an avoidance of diagnostic discourse and the shifting of narrative focus towards characterisation that encourages resilience, yet refuses to apologise for or suppress pain.'  (Publication abstract)
1 Waiting Still i "I made mix-tapes and may", Kate Fitzgerald , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tide , no. 5 2008; (p. 1)
1 Spring Fair i "Dustbowl,", Kate Fitzgerald , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tide , no. 3 2006; (p. 56)
1 Bedtime i "Used tissue", Kate Fitzgerald , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tide , no. 3 2006; (p. 56)
1 Eighth Grade i "Meet me at the tunnels.", Kate Fitzgerald , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tide , no. 3 2006; (p. 56)
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