Feminist English Literature

Author : Dr Ruth Evans,Ruth Evans,Leslie Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134931804

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Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature by Dr Ruth Evans,Ruth Evans,Leslie Johnson Pdf

This volume, designed with the student reader in mind, is an indispensable blend of key essays in the field with specially commissioned new material by feminist scholars from the UK and the US. It includes a diversity of texts and feminist approaches, a substantial and very illuminating introduction by the editors, and an annotated list of Further Reading, offering preliminary guidance to the reader approaching the topic of gender and medieval literature for the first time. Works and writers covered include: * Chaucer * Margery Kempe * Christine de Pisan * The Katherine group of Saints' Lives * Langland's Piers Plowman * Medieval cycle drama Students of both medieval and feminist literature will find this an essential work for study and reference.

Author : Manmohan Krishna Bhatnagar
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8171568246

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Feminist English Literature by Manmohan Krishna Bhatnagar Pdf

Feminism Is A Rapidly Developing Critical Ideology Of Great Promise. It Has Evolved Into A Philosophy Encompassing Diverse Fields Of Human Activity In Society. The Feminist Theory, Its Varied Articulations And Its Ramifications In A Literary Context Constitute A Significant Segment For Critical Endeavour.The Present Anthology Provides A Broad Spectrum On Feminist English Literature With In-Depth Analysis Of The Works Of Kamala Das, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Rama Mehta, Shashi Deshpande, Uma Vasudevan, Githa Hariharan, Nina Sibal, Arundhati Roy, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, Jean Rhys, Ellen Glasgow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Toni Morrison And Others.The Volume Also Contains Articles On Feminist Theory, The Emerging Self Of Women In Indian English Fiction And General Appraisal Of Women Novelists As Regards Their Portrayal Of The Woman S Question.

Author : Kathy J. Whitson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313052989

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Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature by Kathy J. Whitson Pdf

Many women writers have secured a solid place in the literary canon, while others have remained marginalized. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 70 women writers whose works are widely read in English, and on some 20 related topics. While some of the writers profiled are widely known, others have not yet received as much attention. And while most of the writers are from England and America, the volume also profiles Chilean, Brazilian, Indian, South African, Australian, French, and German authors. The writers selected are feminist, in that their works have challenged traditional gender roles, explored female oppression, or critiqued patriarchal social structures. In addition to providing biographical information, the entries include interpretative summaries of major works. Each author entry includes biographical information, an extensive summary treatment of at least one of her works, an list of her other major works, cross-references to related entries, and a list of works for further reading. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the many other volumes addressing feminist literature or literature by women is the interpretative summary in each entry. The volume closes with a list of works cited. Entries are clearly written and are accessible to high school students and undergraduates.

Author : Jennifer Cooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108471930

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The New Feminist Literary Studies by Jennifer Cooke Pdf

Presents essays by feminists of theory and literature that examine contemporary feminism and the most pressing issues of today.

Author : K. K. Ruthven
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990-09-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521398525

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Feminist Literary Studies by K. K. Ruthven Pdf

K. K. Ruthven looks at the impact of Marxism, structuralism, and post-structuralism on feminist critical practice.

Author : Ellen Rooney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139826631

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The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory by Ellen Rooney Pdf

Feminism has dramatically influenced the way literary texts are read, taught and evaluated. Feminist literary theory has deliberately transgressed traditional boundaries between literature, philosophy and the social sciences in order to understand how gender has been constructed and represented through language. This lively and thought-provoking Companion presents a range of approaches to the field. Some of the essays demonstrate feminist critical principles at work in analysing texts, while others take a step back to trace the development of a particular feminist literary method. The essays draw on a range of primary material from the medieval period to postmodernism and from several countries, disciplines and genres. Each essay suggests further reading to explore this field further. This is the most accessible guide available both for students of literature new to this developing field, and for students of gender studies and readers interested in the interactions of feminism, literary criticism and literature.

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771008795

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Pdf

An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.

Author : Gill Plain,Susan Sellers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139465821

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A History of Feminist Literary Criticism by Gill Plain,Susan Sellers Pdf

Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature, fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism, leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards, and analyses the work of pioneers such as Wollstonecraft and Woolf. The second section examines the rise of second-wave feminism and maps its interventions across the twentieth century. A final section examines the impact of postmodernism on feminist thought and practice. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the history and development of feminist literary criticism and a lively reassessment of the main issues and authors in the field. It is essential reading for all students and scholars of feminist writing and literary criticism.

Author : Naomi Black
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501722219

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Virginia Woolf as Feminist by Naomi Black Pdf

Before the Second World War and long before the second wave of feminism, Virginia Woolf argued that women's experience, particularly in the women's movement, could be the basis for transformative social change. Grounding Virginia Woolf's feminist beliefs in the everyday world, Naomi Black reclaims Three Guineas as a major feminist document. Rather than a book only about war, Black considers it to be the best, clearest presentation of Woolf's feminism. Woolf's changing representation of feminism in publications from 1920 to 1940 parallels her involvement with the contemporary women's movement (suffragism and its descendants, and the pacifist, working-class Women's Co-operative Guild). Black guides us through Woolf's feminist connections and writings, including her public letters from the 1920s as well as "A Society," A Room of One's Own, and the introductory letter to Life As We Have Known It. She assesses the lengthy development of Three Guineas from a 1931 lecture and the way in which the form and illustrations of the book serve as a feminist subversion of male scholarship. Virginia Woolf as Feminist concludes with a discussion of the continuing relevance of Woolf's feminism for third-millennium politics.

Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438119069

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Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Pdf

Examines the world's greatest literature about empires and imperialism, including more than 200 entries on writers, classic works, themes, and concepts.

Author : Marilyn French
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748132140

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The Women's Room by Marilyn French Pdf

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BESTSELLING NOVELS OF THE MODERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT 'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER 'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN 'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4 A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely. It follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Women's Room is a modern classic that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. Marilyn French questions those accepted norms and poignantly portrays the hopeful believers looking for new truths.

Author : Robin Truth Goodman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107126084

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Literature and the Development of Feminist Theory by Robin Truth Goodman Pdf

This book offers an insightful look at the development of feminist theory through a literary lens. Stressing the significance of feminism's origins in the European Enlightenment, it traces the literary careers of feminism's major thinkers in order to elucidate the connection of feminist theoretical production to literary work.

Author : Rita Felski
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0674068955

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Beyond Feminist Aesthetics by Rita Felski Pdf

Felski presents a critical account of current American and European feminist literary theory, and analyzes contemporary fiction by women to show that no theorist can identify a specifically "female" or "feminine" kind of writing without reference to what gender means at a given historical moment. She argues that the idea of a feminist aesthetic is a non-issue needlessly pursued by feminists. She calls for a consideration of the social and cultural context in which these texts were produced and received, and demonstrates her method of an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of literature which can integrate literary and social theory. ISBN 0-674-06894-7: $25.00; ISBN 0-674-06895-5 (pbk.): $9.95.

Author : Virginia Blain,Patricia Clements,Isobel Grundy
Publisher : London : B.T. Batsford
Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106009776540

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The Feminist Companion to Literature in English by Virginia Blain,Patricia Clements,Isobel Grundy Pdf

Author : Sandra M. Gilbert,Susan Gubar
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 997 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0393927903

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Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism by Sandra M. Gilbert,Susan Gubar Pdf

With selections by more than 100 writers and scholars, the Reader is an ideal companion for literature surveys where critical and theoretical texts are featured, as well as a rich, flexible core text for advanced courses in feminist theory and criticism. The Reader can be packaged with the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, Third Edition, at a substantial discount.