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Zusatztext “It is a culturally sensitive, and nuanced collection of chapters, and will doubtless prove invaluable for researchers, teachers and students in the field. It will find a wide readership among literary historians and literary critics, alongside feminist theorists and scholars of the history of feminism, gender and cultural diversity. … it brings a much-needed perspective of multiplicity and variation to the more general study of literature.” (Karin Sellberg, Australian Feminist Studies, Vol. 33 (95), 2018) Informationen zum Autor Linda Anderson, Newcastle University, UK Claire Chambers, University of York, UK Deborah Chambers, Newcastle University, UK Hywel Dix, Bournemouth University, UK Jane Dowson, De Montfort University, UK Mary Eagleton, independent scholar, UK Gabriele Griffin, University of York, UK Clare Hanson, University of Southampton, UK Elizabeth Wanning Harries, Smith College, USA Maroula Joannou, Anglia Ruskin University, UK Jeannette King, University of Aberdeen, UK Gail Low, University of Dundee, UK Rebecca Munford, Cardiff University, UK Emma Parker, University of Leicester, UK Ruvani Ranasinha, King's College London, UK Suzanne Scafe, London South Bank University, UK Susan Watkins, Leeds Beckett University, UK Imelda Whelehan, University of Tasmania, Australia Sue Zlosnik, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Klappentext This book maps the most active and vibrant period in the history of British women's writing. Examining changes and continuities in fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism, as well as women's engagement with a range of literary and popular genres, the essays in this volume highlight the range and diversity of women's writing since 1970. Zusammenfassung This book maps the most active and vibrant period in the history of British women's writing. Examining changes and continuities in fiction! poetry! drama! and journalism! as well as women's engagement with a range of literary and popular genres! the essays in this volume highlight the range and diversity of women's writing since 1970. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' PrefaceAcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsChronology 1970-2014Introduction; Mary Eagleton and Emma ParkerPART I: WOMEN AND LITERARY CULTURE1. Fiction: From Realism to Postmodernism and Beyond; Clare Hanson2. Poetry on Page and Stage; Jane Dowson3. Mrs Worthington's Daughters: Drama; Gabriele Griffin4. Media Old and New; Deborah Chambers5. Publishing and Prizes; Gail LowPART II: FEMINISM AND FICTION: EVOLUTION AND DISSENT6. The Grandes Dames: Writers of Longevity; Maroula Joannou7. 'The Monstrous Regiment': Literature and the Women's Liberation Movement; Imelda Whelehan8. Writing the F-Word: Girl Power, Third Wave, and Postfeminism; Rebecca MunfordPART III: GENDER AND GENRE9. The Gothic: Danger, Discontent, and Desire; Sue Zlosnik10. Changing the Story: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Myth; Elizabeth Wanning Harries11. Disputing the Past: Historical Fiction; Jeannette King12. Life Lines: Auto/biography and Memoir; Linda AndersonPART IV: WRITING THE NATION: DIFFERENCE, DIASPORA, DEVOLUTION13. Writing the Nations: Welsh, Northern Irish, and Scottish Literature; Hywel Dix14. Unsettling the Centre: Black British Fiction; Suzanne Scafe15. Redefining Britishness: British Asian Fiction; Ruvani RanasinhaPART V: WRITING NOW16. Writing Now; Claire Chambers and Susan WatkinsElectronic ResourcesSelect BibliographyIndex...
