Literature and gender / edited by Lizbeth Goodman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodman, Lizbeth, 1964-

Series:

Approaching literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist literary criticism.

Poetry--History and criticism.

Poetry.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

xiv, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1996.

Summary:

"Literature and Gender" powerfully demonstrates the significance of gender issues in the study of literature. Through analyses of all three major literary forms--poetry, prose, and drama--this volume closely examines a wide array of themes including the construction of female characters, the "gendering" of language, and the intersection of race, class, and gender within reading, writing, and interpretation. A superb resource of primary texts and critical essays, "Literature and Gender" includes writing by Sappho, Sylvia Plath, Tennyson, Louisa May Alcott, and Virginia Wolff, (among others), plus critical essays by Maya Angelou, Sandra Gilbert, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and many more. By incorporating basic literary knowledge, an anthology of text material, and a broad range of critical viewpoints, "Literature" "and Gender" is an invaluable resource for every reader interested in exploring this area of literary studies.

Notes:

"This book is one of a four-volume series, which has been designed to offer a range of different but current approaches to the study of literature"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-391) and index.

ISBN:

0415135737

0415135745

OCLC:

35637750