Inverted conversions: reading the Bible and writing the lesbian subject in Oranges are not the only fruit.
The prominence of the Bible as intertext in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, both a coming-of-age and a coming-out story, has puzzled readers. This paper argues that Winterson's articulation of a lesbian subject is actually inseparable from her revisionary engagement of the Bible. By repeatedly turning and re-turning several types of narrative about the origins of identity and story-making. Winterson reconstructs both some biblical texts and a hallmark of the gay and lesbian literary tradition as precursors for the prophetic voice of the main character.
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Department of English and Philosophy, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton 30118-2200, USA. abbrn@aol.com
D001633:Bible; D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*