A Literature of Their Own
When first published in 1977, A Literature of Their Own quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women...
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When first published in 1977, A Literature of Their Own quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers in England. A classic of feminist criticism, its impact continues to be felt today.This revised and expanded edition contains a new introductory chapter surveying the book's reception and a new postscript chapter celebrating the legacy of feminism and feminist criticism in the efflorescence of contemporary British fiction by women.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780691004761 (0691004765)
ASIN: 691004765
Publish date: December 28th 1998
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 392
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Feminism,
Womens,
Womens Studies
Read from March 04 to 14, 2013 Ebook, read on Open Library.Think of this as a literature seminar with a really interesting professor who at times will read you passages of books and then tie them all back to the central theme. In addition, you'll get information about the society the books were wri...
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