The resisting reader : a feminist approach to American fiction / Judith Fetterley. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fetterley, Judith, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in literature.

Feminism and literature.

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby--Criticism and interpretation.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Farewell to arms--Criticism and interpretation.

Hemingway, Ernest.

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation.

James, Henry.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859--Criticism and interpretation.

Irving, Washington.

Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941--Criticism and interpretation.

Anderson, Sherwood.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation.

Faulkner, William.

American fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Feminism and literature--United States--History.

Feminist fiction--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction.

Reader-response criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 198 p. )

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1978.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Introduction: On the politics of literature

Palpable designs: four American short stories: An American dream: "Rip Van Winkle" ; Growing up male in America: "I want to know why" ; Women beware science: "The birthmark" ; A rose for "A rose for Emily"

A farewell to arms" Hemingway's "resentful cryptogram"

The great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's droit de seigneur

The Bostonians: Henry James's eternal triangle

An American dream: "Hula, hula," said the witches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-00101-4