![Mobility and Modernity in Women's Novels, 1850s-1930s]( "Mobility and Modernity in Women's Novels, 1850s-1930s")
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Parkins, W. (2009)
Analyzing novels by women writers from the 1850s to the 1930s, this book argues that representations of mobility offer a fruitful way to explore the location of women within …
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![Gender, Professions and Discourse]( "Gender, Professions and Discourse")
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Etherington-Wright, C. (2009)
Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, …
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![Palgrave Advances in Virginia Woolf Studies]( "Palgrave Advances in Virginia Woolf Studies")
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Snaith, A. (Ed) (2007)
This book is an invaluable guide to the body of criticism on Virginia Woolf. It includes comprehensive and insightful chapters on different approaches to Woolf, including …
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![Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature]( "Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature")
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Harol, C. (2006)
Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature analyzes the history of the English virgin at the height of her celebrity. In so doing, it presents new arguments about the …
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![Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction]( "Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction")
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Eagleton, M. (2005)
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 …
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![Rebellious Feminism]( "Rebellious Feminism")
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Bartlett, E. (2004)
In what might seem an unusual pairing, Barlett brings together the insights of Albert Camus and feminist thought, and in doing so sheds new light on both. Looking through a …
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![Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing]( "Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing")
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Dunnigan, S. (Ed), Harker, C. (Ed), Newlyn, E. S. (2004)
This collection is the first critical and theoretical study of women as the subjects of writing and as writers in Medieval and Early-Modern Scottish literature. The essays draw on …
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![Women's Writing 1945-1960]( "Women's Writing 1945-1960")
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Dowson, J. (Ed) (2003)
Women's fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction represent the complex nexus of continuity and change in the British consciousness following the Second World War. These essays …
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![Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England]( "Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England")
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Clark, S. (2003)
Clark explores how real-life women's crimes were handled in the news media of an age before the invention of the newspaper, in ballads, pamphlets, and plays. It discusses those …
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![Feminist Popular Fiction]( "Feminist Popular Fiction")
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Makinen, M. (2001)
An examination of feminist writers' appropriation of a range of popular genres: detective fiction, science fiction, romance and the fairy tale. The author argues that feminists …
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![Political and Social Issues in British Women’s Fiction, 1928–1968]( "Political and Social Issues in British Women’s Fiction, 1928–1968")
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Maslen, E. (2001)
In Political and Social Issues in British Women's Fiction, 1928-1968 , Elizabeth Maslen reassesses fiction written by women between the granting of universal franchise and the …
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![Henry James’s Permanent Adolescence]( "Henry James’s Permanent Adolescence")
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Bradley, J. (2000)
Henry James remained throughout his life focused on his boyhood and early manhood, and correspondingly on younger boys and men, and John R. Bradley illustrates how it is in the …
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![Ambivalence in Hardy]( "Ambivalence in Hardy")
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Dutta, S. (2000)
This book re-examines the critical debate regarding Hardy's attitude to women: apologist or misogynist? With the help of manuscript evidence and references to Hardy's …
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![Woman, Your Hour is Sounding]( "Woman, Your Hour is Sounding")
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Goldberg, N. S. (1999)
French women of letters responded to the call to help their nation during the Great War, producing a large collection of war-centered writing including novels and short stories. …
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![Writing Masculinities]( "Writing Masculinities")
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Knights, B. (1999)
The great bulk of work on gender in fiction and literature has reflected feminist concerns and focused on women authors. This book attempts to extend the contemporary …
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![Henry James and Homo-Erotic Desire]( "Henry James and Homo-Erotic Desire")
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Bradley, J. (Ed) (1999)
Sheldon M. Novick has written an extensive biographical introduction. This is complimented by an essay documenting James's friendships with younger men, which includes quotations …
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![Fallen Women in the Nineteenth-Century Novel]( "Fallen Women in the Nineteenth-Century Novel")
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Winnifrith, T. (1994)
Tom Winnifrith examines how the great nineteenth-century novelists managed to say something new and important about sexual behaviour in spite of rules which dictated that the …
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![Mythmaking and Metaphor in Black Women’s Fiction]( "Mythmaking and Metaphor in Black Women’s Fiction")
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de Weever, J. (1991)
This original critical study examines the significance of mythology for contemporary black women writers. It illustrates the narrative strategies used to elucidate themes of …
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![Giants of Contemporary Arab Literature]( "Giants of Contemporary Arab Literature")
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Amin, O. (Ed)
This book series targets the publication of well-known names in modern and contemporary Arab literature, including feminist writer Dr. Nawal El Saadawi and renowned poets Mahmoud …
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