Feminist Literary Theory
A Reader
3. Edition December 2010
502 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
First published in 1986 with a second edition in 1996, Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader constitutes one of the classic texts of second-into-third-wave feminist literary studies. Both a history and a survey of the varied positions within feminist literary theory, the Reader includes extracts from all the major critics, critical approaches and theoretical positions in contemporary feminist literary studies. Fully revised, updated and supplemented, this new edition of Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader is one of the most comprehensive, single-volume introductions to a vital and diverse field.
Now in its third edition, Feminist Literary Theory remains the most comprehensive, single volume introduction to a vital and diverse field
* Fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the field over the last decade
* Includes extracts from all the major critics, critical approaches and theoretical positions in contemporary feminist literary studies
* Features a new section, Writing 'Glocal', which covers feminism's dialogue with postcolonial, global and spatial studies
* Revised chapter introductions provide readers with helpful contextual information while extensive notes offer recommendations for further reading
Acknowledgements.
1. Finding a Female Tradition.
2. Women and Literary Production.
3. Gender and Genre.
4. Towards Definitions of Feminist Writing.
5. Writing, Reading and Difference.
6. Locating the Subject.
7. Writing the Glocal.
Bibliography of Extracts.
Index.
