Feminism and the postmodern impulse : post-World War II fiction / Magali Cornier Michael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michael, Magali Cornier.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--Women authors.

Feminism and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

Great Britain.

History.

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--Women authors.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Golden notebook.

Lessing, Doris.

Piercy, Marge. Woman on the edge of time.

Piercy, Marge.

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale.

Atwood, Margaret.

Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Nights at the circus.

Carter, Angela.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

x, 275 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1996]

Summary:

Michael analyzes the intersections between feminist politics and postmodern aesthetics as demonstrated in recent Anglo-American fiction. While much has been written on various aspects of postmodernism and postmodern fiction and of feminism and feminist fiction, very little attention has been given to the postmodern aesthetic strategies that surface in post-World War II feminist fiction. Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse examines ways in which many widely read and acclaimed novels with feminist impulses engage and transform subversive aesthetic strategies usually associated with postmodern fiction to strengthen their feminist political edge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791430154

0791430162

OCLC:

33162052