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"Literature and Gender" powerfully demonstrates the significance of gender issues in the study of literature. Through analyses of all three major literary forms--poetry, prose, and drama--this volume closely examines a wide array of themes including the construction of female characters, the "gendering" of language, and the intersection of race, class, and gender within reading, writing, and interpretation.
A superb resource of primary texts and critical essays, "Literature and Gender" includes writing by Sappho, Sylvia Plath, Tennyson, Louisa May Alcott, and Virginia Wolff, (among others), plus critical essays by Maya Angelou, Sandra Gilbert, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and many more.
By incorporating basic literary knowledge, an anthology of text material, and a broad range of critical viewpoints, "Literature" "and Gender" is an invaluable resource for every reader interested in exploring this area of literary studies.
List of contents
Preface. Keynotes. Introduction. Part One. 1. Literature and gender Lizbeth Goodman, with Alison Smith 2. Gender and poetry Angus Calder, with Lizbeth Goodman 3. Prose fiction, form and gender Lizbeth Goodman, with Kasia Boddy and Elaine Showalter 4. Madwomen and attics: themes and issues in women's fiction Lizbeth Goodman, with Helen Small and Mary Jacobus 5. Gender, race, class and fiction Lizbeth Goodman, with Joan Digby 6. Gender and drama, text and performance Lizbeth Goodman, with J. Ellen Gainor 7. New women in the theatre Richard Allen 8. Contemporary women's theatre: Top Girls Lizbeth Goodman, with Juli Thompson Burk Conclusion. Part Two. Poetry Anthology Selected by Angus Calder: The New Dress Virginia Woolf, Girl Jamaica Kincaid, Behind a Mask A.M. Barnard, The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Trifles Susan Glaspell, A Jury of her Peers Susan Glaspell Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.
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Lizbeth Goodman
Summary
Literature and Gender combines an introduction to and an anthology of literary texts which powerfully demonstrate the relevance of gender issues to the study of literature. The volume covers all three major literary genres - poetry, fiction and drama - and closely examines a wide range of themes.
