Title: The face of love : feminism and the beauty question /
Authors: Lambert, Ellen Zetzel, 1940-
Publisher: Beacon Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Human body in literature.; English fiction Women authors History and criticism; American fiction Women authors History and criticism; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) in literature.; Beauty, Personal, in literature.; Feminism and literature.; Women in literature; Love in literature; Face in literature.; Feminism and literature English-speaking countries.; Women and literature English-speaking countries.; Feminist fiction History and criticism.
Contents: 1. The Beauty Myths -- 2. The Woman of Parts -- 3. Beauty and Identity: The Woman's Perspective -- 4. Charlotte Bronte: "As Small and as Plain as Myself" -- 5. George Eliot: The Beauty of Presence -- 6. Two Mastectomy Narratives: Beauty and Body-Integrity -- 7. The Beauty of Age.