A handbook of literary feminisms
By: Shari Benstock, Suzanne Ferriss, Susanne Woods.
Contributors: Benstock, Shari, 1944-; Ferriss, Suzanne, 1962-; Woods, Susanne, 1943-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Feminist literary criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: "A Handbook of Literary Feminisms brings together for the first time two distinct threads of literary feminism: literary history and feminist criticism and theory. The first section of the book offers a history of women's contributions to Anglo-American literature over the past 500 years. It charts the social, cultural, and historical conditions that both shaped women's writing and prevented it from being recognized or valued by literary history.

The second section provides an explanation and analysis of trends in feminist criticism and theory, focusing on how feminist approaches to women's texts have incorporated theoretical investigations of sexuality, subjectivity, and ideology.".

"Supplemented by a time line, a glossary of key terms, and bibliographies of primary and secondary sources, A Handbook of Literary Feminisms explores what women's writing means today and has meant over the centuries. An indispensable resource, it is an ideal text for courses in women's studies, women's literature, feminist studies, and gender studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.