Literature and GenderLizbeth Goodman Taylor & Francis US, 1996 - 403 pages 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, including:
Literature and Gender is also a superb resource of primary texts, and includes writing by:
Also reproduced are essential essays by, amoung others, Maya Angelou, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Toni Morrison, Elaine Showalter, and Alice Walker. No other book on this subject provides an anthology, introduction and critical reader in one volume. Literature and Gender is the ideal guide for any student new to this field. |
Contents
CHAPTER TWO Gender and poetry | 41 |
CHAPTER THREE Prose fiction form and gender | 71 |
CHAPTER FIVE Gender race class and fiction | 145 |
CHAPTER SIX Gender and drama text and performance | 179 |
CHAPTER SEVEN New women in the theatre | 207 |
Top Girls | 229 |
CONCLUSION | 253 |
SELECTED BY ANGUS CALDER | 296 |
The Yellow Wallpaper | 348 |
A Jury of her Peers | 370 |
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