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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827054703321

Titolo

Rereading modernism : new directions in feminist criticism / / edited by Lisa Rado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-32138-1

1-283-58700-9

9786613899453

0-203-12045-0

1-136-32139-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Women, feminism and literature ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

RadoLisa

Disciplina

809.89

809.89287

Soggetti

Feminist literary criticism

Modernism (Literature)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1994 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Rereading modernism -- pt. 3. Rereading feminist criticism -- pt. 4. New directions.

Sommario/riassunto

Until about 1986, feminists generally considered modernism a reactionary, misogynist, and hegemonic mire not worth investigating. Since then enough studies of modernism have appeared that 17 feminist critics can now review and debate their treatment of the period. They evaluate the progress and goals of the new era of modernist scholarship.As the authors in this volume suggest, instead of condemning writers for not practicing or portraying an acceptable politics of gender, we ought instead to show how their assumptions about the nature of the sexes inform their texts, both in their c