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Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction
Mary Eagleton
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Description for Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction
Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 407.
If the author is 'dead', if feminism is 'post-', why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? She is concerned with ownership but, equally, with loss; determined to enter the cultural field but also rejecting that field; looking for control but subject to duplicity; seeking power alongside desire. Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors - including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee, Lurie, LeGuin, Michèle Roberts, Shields, Spark, Weldon, Walker - this study explores the complexity and continuing fascination of this figure.
If the author is 'dead', if feminism is 'post-', why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? She is concerned with ownership but, equally, with loss; determined to enter the cultural field but also rejecting that field; looking for control but subject to duplicity; seeking power alongside desire. Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors - including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee, Lurie, LeGuin, Michèle Roberts, Shields, Spark, Weldon, Walker - this study explores the complexity and continuing fascination of this figure.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
193
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403903914
SKU
V9781403903914
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About Mary Eagleton
MARY EAGLETON is Professor in Contemporary Women's Writing at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Reviews for Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction
'One of the excellent qualities of Eagleton's book is its recapitulation of the development not only of feminist criticism but literary criticism at large during the last thirty years.' - Marion Shaw, Journal of Gender Studies 'Eagleton's analyses of the authors covered in each chapter are lively, astute and convincing; so much so that the reader will ... Read more