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Feminist Engagements
Shelley Fisher Fishkin
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Description for Feminist Engagements
Hardback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
This book offers historically-grounded, feminist interventions into American literary history by one of the country's leading scholars in American Studies. Integrating criticism, biography, social history, popular culture, and personal narrative Fishkin explores the poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century. These charismatic, readable essays range from explorations of feminist humor and chutzpah, to meditations on the personal and the political, to examinations of feminists' challenges to cultural paradigms. Fishkin s lively voice engages readers with the American past and leaves a bold stamp on the literary landscape.
This book offers historically-grounded, feminist interventions into American literary history by one of the country's leading scholars in American Studies. Integrating criticism, biography, social history, popular culture, and personal narrative Fishkin explores the poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century. These charismatic, readable essays range from explorations of feminist humor and chutzpah, to meditations on the personal and the political, to examinations of feminists' challenges to cultural paradigms. Fishkin s lively voice engages readers with the American past and leaves a bold stamp on the literary landscape.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312238582
SKU
V9780312238582
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About Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Shelley Fisher Fishkin is a Professor in the Department of English at Stanford University, USA. She is the author, editor or co-editor of over forty books including "Feminist Engagements: Forays Into American Literature and Culture" (selected as an "Outstanding Academic Title" by "Choice") and has published over one hundred articles, essays, columns, and reviews. Her work has been translated into ... Read more
Reviews for Feminist Engagements
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009