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The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft Claudia L Johnson Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognised as a writer of formidable talent across a range of genres, including journalism, letters and travel wr… OL15176423W
A History of Feminist Literary Criticism A History of Feminist Literary Criticism Gill Plain Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature, fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist … OL15177728W
With her in Ourland With her in Ourland Charlotte Perkins Gilman Sequel to **Herland**. Published serially in the author's monthly magazine, *Forerunner*, volume 7 (1916). **Herland** described an all-women utopia in a secluded high valley, where 3 adventurous you… OL152238W
Style, gender, and fantasy in nineteenth-century American women's writing Style, gender, and fantasy in nineteenth-century American women's writing Dorri Beam "Dorri Beam presents an important contribution to nineteenth-century fiction by examining how and why a florid and sensuous style came to be adopted by so many authors. Discussing a diverse range of … OL15537055W
Feminist writings from ancient times to the modern world Feminist writings from ancient times to the modern world Tiffany K. Wayne "Please see the attached txt file"-- OL16282749W
Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska Emily Hind "There is a large portion of young women in both US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Hind makes steps to correct this and draws on poetry, short stories,… OL16991816W
Making a difference Making a difference Coppélia Kahn,Gayle Greene **From Amazon:** Feminist scholarship employs gender as a fundamental organizing category of human experience, holding two related premises: men and women have different perceptions or experiences… OL17943564W
Fanny Lewald and nineteenth-century constructions of femininity Fanny Lewald and nineteenth-century constructions of femininity Vanessa Van Ornam "Fanny Lewald (1811-1889) was one of the nineteenth century's best-selling German women writers and a recognized activist for women's rights. Twentieth-century scholarship has emphasized a gap betwee… OL17998663W
The feminine "no!" The feminine "no!" Todd McGowan "The Feminine "No!" sheds new light on the recent culture wars and debates about changes to the literary canon. Todd McGowan argues that the dynamics of canon change, rather than being the isolated c… OL18317547W
Gender, desire, and sexuality in T.S. Eliot Gender, desire, and sexuality in T.S. Eliot Nancy K. Gish,Cassandra Laity "This collection of new essays brings together scholars from a wide range of critical approaches to study T. S. Eliot's engagement with desire, homoeroticism, and early twentieth-century feminism in … OL18526908W
Cultural diversity in Latin American literature Cultural diversity in Latin American literature David William Foster "Foster continues the same line of study initiated in 1985 with the publication of Alternative voices in the Latin American narrative (see HLAS 48:5657). Questions body of literary criticism devoted … OL1863050W
The feminization of American culture The feminization of American culture Douglas, Ann This is one of those rare books that let us see with a fresh and startling clarity the underlying causes, meaning, and influence through time of profound a cultural phenomenon. In it, a brilliant you… OL1869175W
At home in the world At home in the world Maria DiBattista In a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of women's writing, At Home in the World argues that this body of work has been defined less by domestic concerns than by an active engag… OL20052175W
Sisterhoods Sisterhoods Deborah Cartmell Sisterhoods concentrates on portrayals of female relationships - communities, friends, lovers, sisters, daughters, mothers and enemies - and examines the positioning of the subject in different media… OL26189881W
Writing a woman's life Writing a woman's life Carolyn G. Heilbrun Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made i… OL2925380W
The Promised Land? The Promised Land? Lorna Martens "From the 1960s on, women writers in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), including Christa Wolf, Irmtraud Morgner, Sarah Kirsch, Brigitte Reimann, Charlotte Worgitzky, Lia Pirskawetz, and Maya Wien… OL2961019W
To write like a woman To write like a woman Joanna Russ From the back cover: Joanna Russ has written -- as novelist, short-story writer, and critic -- on science fiction, fantasy, and feminism. These essays reflect the breadth of Russ's critical work,… OL3332547W
The rise of the woman novelist The rise of the woman novelist Jane Spencer "Feminist studies of women's writing have tended to concentrate on writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. This book, which examines women novelists from Aphra Behn to Fanny Burney, is intended to re… OL4302534W
Feminist popular fiction Feminist popular fiction Merja Makinen "Can feminist writers appropriate popular genres? This book argues that they can and have done so successfully. Situating feminist writers' move into genre fiction as part of the left's interest in t… OL4799308W
Between Men Between Men Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies… OL9243005W
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