LEADER 03049nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910454790703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84964-526-4 010 $a0-585-42586-8 035 $a(CKB)111056486518416 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933813 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154229 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162737 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154229 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406807 035 $a(PQKB)11408222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386086 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2001169 035 $a(OCoLC)50811087 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486518416 100 $a20000413d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFeminist theory and literary practice$b[electronic resource] /$fDeborah L. Madsen 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1601-8 311 $a0-7453-1602-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $bThis book offers an exploration of women's writing that focuses on the close links between literary texts and the theories that construct those texts as 'women's writing'. Each chapter deals with one of the issues or concepts that have engaged both authors and theorists - rhetoric, work, consciousness, nature, class and race. A detailed analysis shows how each concept has been used by feminists to construct a specific text in such a way that it is received as a work of 'women's writing', particularly in American literature.Using canonical texts, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman through Kate Chopin and Willa Cather to Alice Walker and Ann Beattie, Madsen engages with the major debates within feminist studies. Moving on from Showalter's groundbreaking work to broaden the trajectory of feminist concern, this book is an accessible account of the varieties of feminist thought within the context of the key American texts. 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$zUnited States 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States 606 $aFeminism$zUnited States 606 $aFeminism in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aFeminism 615 0$aFeminism in literature. 676 $a812.009/9287 700 $aMadsen$b Deborah L$0550192 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454790703321 996 $aFeminist theory and literary practice$91769764 997 $aUNINA