1st Edition

Feminist Literary Criticism

Edited By Mary Eagleton Copyright 1991
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    Looks at the work of a range of critics, including Elaine Showalter, Kate Millett, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the French feminists. The critical approaches encompass Marxist feminism and contemporary critical theory as well as other forms of discourse. It also provides an overview of the developments in feminist literary theory, and covers all the major debates within literary feminism, including "male feminism".

    Preface  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. A literature of their own, Elaine Showalter.  2 .Replacing feminist criticism,Peggy Kamuf.  3. About Chinese women,Julia Kristeva.  4. The newly born woman, Helene Cixous and Catherine Clement.  5. Sexual politics, Kate Millett.  6. Is there a woman in this text?, Mary Jacobus.  Selected bibliography  Glossary of terms  Index

    Biography

    Mary Eagleton