Twentieth-Century Women Novelists: Feminist Theory into Practice - Hardcover

Susan Watkins

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333683455 ISBN 13: 9780333683453

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2000

Synopsis

This provocative, lively book discusses two of the most significant influences on writing and thinking in the twentieth century: women novelists and feminist theory. It demonstrates, in an accessible but imaginative manner, ways of reading women's novels alongside work by feminist theorists. Each chapter situates a small number of theoretical texts in their intellectual context and then links them with a widely taught novel to produce fresh interpretations. The novels and theorists represent examples of extremely significant, but also pedagogically useful feminist writing this century.

About this title

Synopsis:

This provocative study discusses two of the most significant influences on writing and thinking in the 20th century: women novelists and feminist theory. It demonstrates, in an accessible manner, ways of reading women's novels alongside work by feminist theorists. Each chapter situates a small number of theoretical texts in their intellectual context and then links them with a widely taught novel to produce fresh interpretations. The novels and theorists represent examples of significant, but also pedagogically useful, feminist writing this century.

About the Author:

SUSAN WATKINS is Senior Lecturer in English Literature in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333683455
• ISBN 13: 9780333683453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218