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1. www.thehaughtyculturist.com · literature · murielMuriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat: whose line is it, anyway?

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   Aug 30, 2016 · It’s this that makes The Driver’s Seat so compelling and disturbing. It presents Lise as a madwoman in the attic. Her actions make no sense; they are morbid and unhinged. At the same time, her madness is a construct – and it’s built by the voices trying to take control of her story.

2. www.supersummary.com · the-driver-s-seatThe Driver's Seat Summary | SuperSummary

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   Plot Summary. Muriel Spark’s novel The Driver’s Seat (1970) utilizes the present tense, giving the story a sense of urgency even though there is very little action. Lise is shopping for a colorful dress to wear on a trip on which she is about to embark.

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4. www.tandfonline.com · doi · fullThe Driver’s Seat : undoing character, becoming legend

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   Nov 21, 2018 · The Driver’s Seat is amongst the crème de la crème of Spark’s fictional works and it features one of her most memorable and enigmatic heroines. This essay begins by taking the riddles posed by Lise at face value and follows their at times horrific, at times hilarious terms and implications to their logical (and illogical) conclusion.

   • Author: Vassiliki Kolocotroni

   • Publish Year: 2018

5. www.blackgate.com · 2021/11/27 · indecent-exposureIndecent Exposure: The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark

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   Nov 27, 2021 · What is The Driver’s Seat, aside from a riveting, deeply disturbing fiction? Is it a crime story? A horror tale? A macabre joke? A work of psychological suspense, a Dostoyevskian descent into madness? A steel-hard, ice-cold parody of a romance novel?

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6. fantasy-hive.co.uk · 2023 · 03THE DRIVER’S SEAT by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)

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   Mar 6, 2023 · For all its darkness and discomfort, The Driver’s Seat is an absolute joy to read, crackling with Spark’s wild wit and deft characterisation. The novel’s seductive surface is the perfect counterpoint to its dark and disturbing themes, allowing it to sink its claws deep into the reader.

7. www.ukessays.com · essays · literatureMuriel Spark’s 'The Driver’s Seat' and it’s Influence on ...

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   Aug 9, 2021 · The Driver’s Seat presents the idea that oppressive patriarchy can drive people to do crazy things and cause them to self-sabotage. The novella also focuses on that idea that only a woman of ill mind would organise her own murder and therefore Spark’s text also negates any sense of victim-blaming.

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   What makes the driver's seat so compelling and disturbing?

   • There’s testimony from the salesgirl and office colleagues through to those who take advantage of her – right down to the man who kills her. Each has their own agenda and, each casts Lise in a different light. It’s this that makes The Driver’s Seat so compelling and disturbing. It presents Lise as a madwoman in the attic.

   Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat: whose line is it, anyway?

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   What tense does the driver's seat use?

   • Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1970 Muriel Spark’s novel The Driver’s Seat (1970) utilizes the present tense, giving the story a sense of urgency even though there is very little action. Lise is shopping for a colorful dress to wear on a trip on which she is about to embark.

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   What is the main idea of the driver's seat?

   • The Driver’s Seat presents the idea that oppressive patriarchy can drive people to do crazy things and cause them to self-sabotage. The novella also focuses on that idea that only a woman of ill mind would organise her own murder and therefore Spark’s text also negates any sense of victim-blaming.

   Muriel Spark’s 'The Driver’s Seat' and it’s Influence ... - UKEssays

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   What happens in the driver's seat?

   • As a result, The Driver’s Seat contains two narratives. In one, strangers dictate Lise’s character and motivations. Lise is mad. She’s a liar. She makes no sense. She’s suicidal. Sex in her hands is entirely destructive. The other reading is far more tragic. Lise, a lonely woman looking for love, is senselessly murdered.

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9. www.academia.edu · 37884366 · The_Drivers_Seat'The Driver's Seat: Undoing Character, Becoming Legend'

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   Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat is a radical metafictional experiment, suggesting the inexorable connections between contingency and a predetermined plot which are so common to many Sparkian novels.