Literary feminisms

Literary feminisms

by Robbins, Ruth

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This text provides a map for charting the difficult waters that feminist theories have created in literary studies. It shows the reasons for the development of feminist literary critiques, explains the difficulties and exposes some blindspots.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Literary feminisms / Ruth Robbins.

Summary

This text provides a map for charting the difficult waters that feminist theories have created in literary studies. It shows the reasons for the development of feminist literary critiques, explains the difficulties and exposes some blindspots.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:Basingstoke
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2000.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 290 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0333689194, 9780333689196, 0333689208, 9780333689202, 0312228074, 9780312228071, 0312228082, 9780312228088
  • oclc:ocm46394392
  • LC Classification:PR119
  • Dewey Decimal:820.9

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gestures towards Definitions -- pt. I. Histories. 1. Liberal, Materialist and Socialist Literary Feminisms. 2. Images of Women Criticsm. 3. The Woman as Writer: Forging Female Traditions -- pt. II. (Psycho)Analyses. 4. Psychoanalysis and/or feminism? 5. Julia Kristeva: Rewriting the Subject. 6. 'Mirror, Mirror ... ': Luce Irigaray and Reflections of and on the Feminine. 7. Cixous: Laughing at the Oppositions -- pt. III. Differences. 8. Differences of View and Viewing the Differences: Challenging Female Traditions -- pt. IV. Readings. 9. Reading the Boys' Own Stories: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Heart of Darkness. 10. Reading the Writing on the Wall: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wall-paper' -- Afterword: The Mark on the Wall -- Marking Differences, Marking Time.

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