Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Critical perspectives on Indo-Caribbean women's literature Critical perspectives on Indo-Caribbean women's literature Joy A. I. Mahabir,Mariam Pirbhai "This book is the first collection on Indo-Caribbean women's writing and the first work to offer a sustained analysis of the literature from a range of theoretical and critical perspectives, such as … OL16557931W
Fictions of dissent Fictions of dissent Sigrid Anderson Cordell Fin de siecle fiction by British female aesthetes and American women regionalists stages moments of rebellion when female characters rise up and insist on the right to maintain control of their creat… OL19849884W
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán Ramón María del Valle-Inclán Roberta L. Salper "This book is a collection of eleven essays devoted to the work of Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936). Long the recipient of critical analyses from various perspectives, Valle-Inclan's writing has ne… OL21413005W
A multitude of women A multitude of women Stefania Lucamante "A Multitude of Women looks at the ways in which both Italian literary tradition and external factors have influenced Italian women writers in rethinking the theoretical and aesthetic ties between au… OL2228379W
Femmes Femmes Barbara Sichtermann Des femmes qui ont fait l'histoire. Des femmes qui ont modifié le visage du monde. Des femmes qui ont conquis des domaines réservés aux hommes et fait connaître des domaines réservés aux femmes. De M… OL24441374W
Re-dressing the canon Re-dressing the canon Alisa Solomon From Aristophanes to Split Britches, gender and performance have been inextricably linked to the stage. In a wide-ranging series of essays Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship and posits w… OL2625394W
Women and Fiction Women and Fiction CAHILL, Susan, edited by,Susan (edited by) Cahill,Susan Cahill,Kate Chopin Contains: [The story of an hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) / Kate Chopin The other two / Edith Wharton A Wagner matinee / Willa Cather The secret woman / Sidonie-Gabrielle Colett… OL277375W
As she likes it As she likes it Penny Gay As She Likes It is the first attempt to tackle head on the enduring question of how to perform those unruly women at the centre of Shakespeare's comedies. Unique in both Shakespearian and feminist st… OL3143534W
Boss ladies, watch out! Boss ladies, watch out! Terry Castle "Boss Ladies, Watch Out! brings together in a convenient format Terry Castle's most scintillating recent essays on literary criticism, women's writing and sexuality. Readers of Castle's many books an… OL3275589W
Beneath the American Renaissance Beneath the American Renaissance David S. Reynolds In this landmark work, the seven great writers of the American Renaissance--Emerson, Thoreau, Writman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson -- are examined together in their cultural contexts. Dav… OL3474008W
Victorian women's fiction Victorian women's fiction Shirley Foster Critical interest in women's fiction has grown enormously in recent years, in particular focusing on the ways in which female novelists have, in their creative work, challenged or scrutinized contemp… OL3531688W
The madwoman in the attic The madwoman in the attic Sandra M. Gilbert Discusses the works of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Emily Dickinson. OL545633W
Sexual politics Sexual politics Kate Millett How the patriarchal bias operates in culture and is reflected in literature. OL548552W
Shakespeare's domestic economies Shakespeare's domestic economies Natasha Korda "Shakespeare's Domestic Economies explores representations of female subjectivity in Shakespearean drama from a refreshingly new perspective, situating The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Win… OL5956246W
The Sadeian woman The Sadeian woman Angela Carter Angela Carter turns concepts and assumptions about love and sex inside out with an original examination of Sade's ideas. OL697439W