Readers Guide to Contemporary Feminist Literary Criticism

Taylor & Francis

This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading. > This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter has an easy-to-use format, comprising an introductory overview, an explanation of key themes and techniques, a detailed account of the work of specific critics, and a summary which includes critiques of the approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading. > \n1. Introduction: The 1960s to the 1990s 2. Second Wave: de Beauvoir, Millett, Friedan, Greer 3. Myth Criticism: Daly, Pratt, Walker 4. Marxist and Socias