Fay Weldon, feminism, and British culture : challenging cultural and literary conventions / Mara E. Reisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reisman, Mara E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role in literature.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book offers a critical analysis of British author Fay Weldon's major novels from 1967 to the present and addresses how Weldon's fiction engages with controversial moral and social issues. It provides an in-depth examination of the relationship between Weldon's fiction and contemporary feminist, cultural, and literary movements in Britain.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Credits

Introduction

1 Feminism, Women's Fiction, and The Fat Woman's Joke

2 Articulating the Concerns of Women's Liberation

3 Complicating a Feminist Reading of Fay Weldon's Fiction

4 Fay Weldon as a Social Critic

5 Fay Weldon's Public Persona

6 Art, Economics, and the Politics of Purity

7 Challenging Narrative Truth

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-45888-3

1-4985-8127-7

OCLC:

1053988643