Feminist Literature & Theory Books

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81. The Usurer's Daughter

    Male Friendship and Fictions of Women in 16th Century England

    By Lorna Hutson

    In a bold and brilliantly persuasive series of moves, Lorna Hutson draws upon new historicist and feminist theories to examine closely Renaissance literature and the cultural impact of the humanist project. The Usurer's Daughter: * provides startling new readings of Shakespeare * takes an entirely...

    Published March 19th 1997 by Routledge
82. The Witch in History

    Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations

    By Diane Purkiss

    'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditations on their -- and our -- world.' - The Observer'An invigorating and challenging book ... sets many hares running.' - The Times Higher...

    Published October 30th 1996 by Routledge
83. Contemporary Feminist Utopianism

    By Lucy Sargisson

    A new and challenging entry into the debates between feminism and postmodernism, Contemporary Feminist Utopianism challenges some basic preconceptions about the role of political theory today. Sargisson explores current debates within utopian studies, feminist theory and poststructuralist...

    Published September 25th 1996 by Routledge
84. Women in Dramatic Place and Time

    Contemporary Female Characters on Stage

    By Geraldine Cousin

    Presents detailed analysis of a wide range of plays by British women dramatists from the last two decades. It will be invaluable reading for students of contemporary British theatre, literature and Women's Studies....

    Published September 4th 1996 by Routledge
85. Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

    Edited by Bonnie Wheeler, Charles T. Wood

    Series: New Middle Ages

    Published April 30th 1996 by Routledge
86. A Magazine of Her Own?

    Domesticity and Desire in the Woman's Magazine, 1800-1914

    By Margaret Beetham

    Like the corset, the women's magazines which emerged in the nineteenth century produced a `natural' idea of femininity: the domestic wife; the fashionable woman; the romancing and desirable girl. Their legacy, from agony aunts to fashion plates, are easily traced in their modern counterparts. But...

    Published April 17th 1996 by Routledge
87. Literature and Gender

    By Lizbeth Goodman

    Series: Approaching Literature

    Literature and Gender combines an introduction to and an anthology of literary texts which powerfully demonstrate the relevance of gender issues to the study of literature. The volume covers all three major literary genres - poetry, fiction and drama - and closely examines a wide range of themes,...

    Published March 27th 1996 by Routledge
88. South African Feminisms

    Writing, Theory, and Criticism,l990-l994

    Edited by M.J. Daymond

    Series: Gender and Genre in Literature

    Published February 29th 1996 by Routledge
89. Enlightened Women

    Modernist Feminism in a Postmodern Age

    By Alison Assiter

    This is a bold and controversial feminist, philosophical critique of postmodernism. Whilst providing a brief and accessible introduction to postmodernist feminist thought, Enlightened Women is also a unique defence of realism and enlightenment philosophy. The first half of the book covers an...

    Published December 27th 1995 by Routledge
90. Psychoanalysis and Gender

    An Introductory Reader

    By Rosalind Minsky

    Series: Critical Readers in Theory and Practice

    What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies? How can Freud's phallocentric theories be applied by feminist critics? In Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader Rosalind Minsky answers these questions and more, offering students a clear, straightforward...

    Published December 13th 1995 by Routledge