SOURCE: "'This Is Obscene': Female Voyeurism, Sexual Abuse, and Maternal Power in The Dove," in Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 13, No. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 117-39.
In the following essay, Dalton discusses the role of incest and child abuse in Barnes's work, especially in her play, The Dove.
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