| 1986 | Don Quixote. Controversial because of her "plagiarism," Acker, who has been described as a "punk novelist," deliberately borrows from Cervantes, destabilizing his text by overlaying it with surrealism. Acker counters that "plagiarism became a strategy of originality." She also dismisses charges of pornography leveled by feminist critics: only by glorifying the taboo, Acker claims, can one create a "new myth" for empowering women. The writer's other books include I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac (1974), Great Expectations (1982), Blood and Guts in High School (1984), and Pussy, King of the Pirates (1996). |
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