Using the concepts and practices of feminist literary criticism, this constantly challenging workbook not only makes the connection between women's writing and women's lives but breaks new ground in enabling students to apply critical concepts and to feel more at ease with the texts common to feminist literary theory.
About the Author
Mary Eagleton is Senior Lecturer in English and Women's Studies at the University College of Ripon and York St John. She has been closely involved in the development of feminist criticism and Women's Studies and is known for her contributions to this field. She is the editor of Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader (second edition 1995, Blackwell Publishers) and author of Feminist Literary Criticism.
Features
This workbook has been designed to be used in an open, non-linear way suggesting to the reader varied approaches to the material and different ways of making links between different sections.
Differences in level between sections, within sections and throughout the end-of-section reading lists, as well as the introduction, ensure that the workbook caters for a significant range of abilities.
Each chapter gives a clear statement of the concerns to be dealt with so that the reader knows exactly what is entailed.
Feedback is given in such a way as to ensure that the discussion is not closed: end-of-chapter reviews or checklists remind the reader of the key points while still leaving open differences of interpretation. On other occasions, arguments are set in opposition, offering the reader distinct positions without closing down the discussion to one "correct" answer.
The author provides bibliographical support on various forms: the material is supplemented with specific reading guidance at the end of each section; a bibliography at the end of the book gives full bibliographic information; and, in addition, there is guidance in the introduction concerning surveys of feminist criticism, where to start with critical readings, routes through the use of reference books.
