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In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism, leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards, and analyses the work of pioneers such as Wollstonecraft and Woolf. The second section examines the rise of second-wave feminism and maps its interventions across the twentieth century. A final section examines the impact of postmodernism on feminist thought and practice. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the history and development of feminist literary criticism and a lively reassessment of the main issues and authors in the field. It is essential reading for all students and scholars of feminist writing and literary criticism.  \nGILL PLAIN is Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.  \nSUSAN SELLERS is Professor ofEnglish atthe University ofSt Andrews, Scotland.  \nA HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM  \nEDITED BY  \nGILL PLAIN  \nAND  \nSUSAN SELLERS  \nCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo  \nCambridge University Press  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9780521852555](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521852555)  \n© Cambridge University Press 2007  \nThis publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published in print format 2007  \nISBN-13 978-0-511-34237-0 eBook (NetLibrary)  \nISBN-10 0-511-34237-3 eBook (NetLibrary)  \nISBN-13 978-0-521-85255-5 hardback  \nISBN-10 0-521-85255-2 hardback  \nCambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements page vii  \nNotes on contributors viii  \nIntroduction  \nGill Plain and Susan Sellers 1  \nPART I P IONEER S AND PROTO FEMINISM 5  \nIntroduction to Part I  \nGill Plain 6  \n1 Medieval feminist criticism  \nCarolyn Dinshaw 11  \n2 Feminist criticism in the Renaissance and seventeenth century Helen Wilcox 27  \n3 Mary Wollstonecraft and her legacy  \nSusan Manly 46  \n4 The feminist criticism of Virginia Woolf  \nJane Goldman 66  \n5 Simone de Beauvoir and the demystification of woman Elizabeth Fallaize 85  \nPART II C REATING A F EMINIST L ITERARY C RITICI SM 101  \nIntroduction to Part II  \nGill Plain and Susan Sellers 102  \n6 Literary representations of women  \nMary Eagleton 105  \nvi Contents  \n7 A history of women’s writing Helen Carr  \n8 Autobiography and personal criticism Linda Anderson  \n9 Black feminist criticism Arlene R. Keizer  \n10 Lesbian feminist criticism Caroline Gonda  \n11 Men and feminist criticism Calvin Thomas  \nPART III POST STRU C T URALISM AND BEYOND  \nIntroduction to Part III Gill Plain and Susan Sellers  \n12 Feminist criticism and poststructuralism Claire Colebrook  \n13 Feminist criticism and psychoanalysis Madelon Sprengnether  \n14 French feminist criticism and writing the body Judith Still  \n15 Postcolonial feminist criticism Chris Weedon  \n16 Feminist criticism and queer theory Heather Love  \n17 Feminist criticism and technologies of the body Stacy Gillis  \nPostscript: flaming feminism? Susan Gubar  \n120  \n138  \n154  \n169  \n187  \n209  \n210  \n214  \n235  \n263  \n282  \n301  \n322  \n336  \nAcknowledgements  \nOu","cbCaiv7HrDeQN5BN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv7HrDeQN5BN","pdf",2082586,366,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## Part I: Pioneers and Proto Feminism\n## Part II: Creating a Feminist Literary Criticism\n## Part III: Poststructuralism and Beyond","[{\"question\":\"What time period does the book cover?\",\"answer\":\"The book traces feminist literary criticism from the Middle Ages to the present, following a staged historical development.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book structured?\",\"answer\":\"It is organized into three main parts: protofeminist thought, second-wave feminism and twentieth-century interventions, and postmodernism’s impact on feminist thought and practice.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major approaches and themes are highlighted?\",\"answer\":\"The contents address medieval and Renaissance criticism, pioneers such as Wollstonecraft and Woolf, as well as later developments including poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, postcolonial feminism, queer theory, and technologies of the body.\"}]","A HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM | PDF",1789770572,564]