A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to LessingWhen 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. |
Contents
The Female Tradition | 3 |
The Feminine Novelists and the Will | 37 |
The Double Critical Standard and | 73 |
Charlotte Brontë | 100 |
The Womans Man | 133 |
The Feminist Novelists | 182 |
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A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing Elaine Showalter No preview available - 1982 |
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