Preview of Fear of Flying Summary: Like many quasi-autobiographical first novels, Fear of Flying is a bildungsroman whose central theme is the search for self-discovery. Isadora Wing re-examines and reinterprets her personal history in an effort to define herself as a daughter, a woman, a Jew and a writer.
Fear of Flying is a 1973 novel by Erica Jong, an eminent novelist and poet who also frequently engaged in satire. She held many controversial views towards sexuality and feminism which became entrenched in her most famous novel, Fear of Flying. This led to it being released to great controversy and debate when it was first published.
For greater than her fear of falling, above all her other fears, was the fear of being discovered, of being labeled a freak. She knew what would happen if people found out. She would be whisked away to some research lab where she would spend her life being poked, prodded and lastly dissected in order to discover the source of her power of flight.
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