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Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction

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  • © 2005

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  1. Mary Eagleton
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 1-14

  3. Feminism and the Death of the Author

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 15-36

  4. Playing the Field

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 37-57

  5. Lost and Found

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 58-75

  6. Tell Me a Story

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 76-94

  7. ‘A Constant State of Tension’

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 95-114

  8. Finding the Right Words

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 115-132

  9. The Reluctant Author

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 133-152

  10. Afterword

    • Mary Eagleton
    Pages 153-155

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 156-193
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If the author is 'dead', if feminism is 'post-', why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? She is concerned with ownership but, equally, with loss; determined to enter the cultural field but also rejecting that field; looking for control but subject to duplicity; seeking power alongside desire. Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors - including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee, Lurie, LeGuin, Michèle Roberts, Shields, Spark, Weldon, Walker - this study explores the complexity and continuing fascination of this figure.

Reviews

'One of the excellent qualities of Eagleton's book is its recapitulation of the development not only of feminist criticism but literary criticism at large during the last thirty years.' - Marion Shaw, Journal of Gender Studies

'Eagleton's analyses of the authors covered in each chapter are lively, astute and convincing; so much so that the reader will certainly be tempted to pick up the novels under scrutiny. Unlike a lot of critical writing, this is a very entertaining read.' - Laura Kirkley, Women: A Cultural Review

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MARY EAGLETON is Professor in Contemporary Women's Writing at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

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