Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism: A Norton Reader

Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar,

Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism: A Norton Reader

W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, 600 p.

 ISBN-10: 0-393-92790-3

Book Description
Here for the first time in one volume is the best of what has been thought and said by women writers and scholars about writing itself. Ranging over six centuries, from Christine de Pizan to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, this Reader brings unprecedented historical perspective to the tradition of writing about female literary creativity. Part 1, "Women Writers: On Writing," includes early meditations on women and writing by such authors as Cavendish, Finch, and Austen, as well as more recent texts by writers that include Lorde, Atwood, and Anzaldua. Part 2, "Theory: On Gender and Culture," explores current debates on such topics as literary representations of women, the psychosexual dynamics of female creativity, the relationships between gender and genre, the role of women artists as critics, and the impact of black, Chicano, Asian, and lesbian thinkers on conceptualizations of women's literary accomplishments. Part 3, "Practice: Representative Readings and Analyses," offers six casebooks on major authors or topics in women's literary history. Section introductions, biographical sketches, and suggested further readings round out this invaluable sourcebook.

 
Here for the first time in one volume is the best of what has been thought and said by women writers and scholars about writing itself. Ranging over six centuries, from Christine de Pizan to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, this Reader brings unprecedented historical perspective to the tradition of writing about female literary creativity. Part 1, "Women Writers: On Writing," includes early meditations on women and writing by such authors as Cavendish, Finch, and Austen, as well as more recent texts by writers that include Lorde, Atwood, and Anzaldua. Part 2, "Theory: On Gender and Culture," explores current debates on such topics as literary representations of women, the psychosexual dynamics of female creativity, the relationships between gender and genre, the role of women artists as critics, and the impact of black, Chicano, Asian, and lesbian thinkers on conceptualizations of women's literary accomplishments. Part 3, "Practice: Representative Readings and Analyses," offers six casebooks on major authors or topics in women's literary history. Section introductions, biographical sketches, and suggested further readings round out this invaluable sourcebook