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Middlesex Study Guide

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by Jeffrey Eugenides
About 83 pages (24,940 words)
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Middlesex Study Guide consists of approx. 83 pages of summaries and analysis on Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

Cal begins the story by introducing himself and revealing that he was born twice, once as a baby girl named Calliope Helen Stephanides, and the second time as a teenaged boy named Cal. Writing his story is yet another birth, which is now taking place. (read more)
      Book 1, The Silver Spoon
      Book 1, Matchmaking
      Book 1, An Immodest Proposal
      Book 1, The Silk Road
      Book 2, Henry Ford's English Language Melting Pot
      Book 2, Minotaurs
      Book 2, Marriage on Ice
      Book 2, Tricknology
      Book 2, Clarinet Serenade
      Book 2, News of the World
      Book 2, Ex Ovo Omnia
      Book 3, Home Movies
      Book 3, Opa!
      Book 3, Middlesex
      Book 3, The Mediterranean Diet
      Book 3, The Wolverette
      Book 3, Waxing Lyrical
      Book 3, The Obscure Object
      Book 3, Tiresias In Love
      Book 3, Flesh and Blood
      Book 3, The Gun on the Wall
      Book 4, The Oracular Vulva
      Book 4, Looking Myself Up in Webster's
      Book 4, Go West, Young Man
      Book 4, Gender Dysphoria in San Francisco
      Book 4, Hermaphroditus
      Book 4, Air-Ride
      Book 4, The Last Stop

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  Themes

  Style

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1

  Quotes

  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  What Do I Read Next?

  Topics for Discussion

  For Further Reading

  Bibliography

  Copyright Information

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