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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:b
* feminity versus creativity in women's lives and writing
* the construction of female characters
* autobiography and fiction
* the gendering of language
* the interaction of race, class and gender within writing, reading and interpretation.
Literature and Gender is also a superb resource of primary texts, and includes writing by:
* Sappho
* Emily Dickinson
* Sylvia Plath
* Tennyson
* Elizabeth Bishop
* Louisa May Alcott
* Virginia Woolf
* Jamaica Kincaid
* Charlotte Perkins Gilman
* Susan Glaspell
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.
* feminity versus creativity in women's lives and writing
* the construction of female characters
* autobiography and fiction
* the gendering of language
* the interaction of race, class and gender within writing, reading and interpretation.
Literature and Gender is also a superb resource of primary texts, and includes writing by:
* Sappho
* Emily Dickinson
* Sylvia Plath
* Tennyson
* Elizabeth Bishop
* Louisa May Alcott
* Virginia Woolf
* Jamaica Kincaid
* Charlotte Perkins Gilman
* Susan Glaspell
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.
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Format:Paperback
This book is a coursebook with the Open University's A210 Approaching Literature module.
It's a fascinating read sometimes. It covers prose, poetry and plays and contains short stories and poetry.
Part One
Chapter 1 is about women in stories, and writing stories.
Chapter 2 is about female poets, and the female subjects of poems.
Chapter 3 is where it starts to become really fascinating and talks about Virginia Woolf, short stories, Kincaid, domestic expectations, appearance, Louisa May Alcott and all sorts of other things.
Chapter 4 is about madness, particularly in women writers (e.g. Charlotte Perkins Gilman) and in female characters. Another section and if you like this you might like The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literary Imagination (Yale Nota Bene)
Chapter 5 is about 'Gender, race, class and fiction' and looks mainly at The Color Purple. This is another fascinating section about a brilliant book, and includes great information from Alice Walker.
Chapter 6 is about aspects of stories in performance, and from the look of my scarce notes, this chapter wasn't as specific or informative as the others.
Chapter 7 is aboutA Doll's House (Dover Thrift) and looks at the play during that early period and why it was so shocking in 1889 from a gender perspective.
Chapter 8 is about Top Girls (Student Editions) from 1982 and talks about businesswomen and family women and the complications around that.
Part Two
Poetry Anthology
'The New Dress' by Virginia Woolf
'Girl' by Jamaica Kincaid
'Behind a Mask' by A. M. Bernard (aka Louisa May Alcott)
'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
'A Jury of her Peers' by Susan Glaspell
These are the full short stories and the full Trifles play. This book is possibly worth buying just for these amazing stories alone.
Overall the book is very interesting. I've heard it criticised by my fellow students on the course for being a little dated, and yes, I guess it is. When you're looking at a play or novel from 1982 and judging it by 1996 standards in 2011 it can feel like it's from another time. However that in itself can be useful to any academic.
I thought the book was great and I'd recommend to anyone studying gender in literature.
It's a fascinating read sometimes. It covers prose, poetry and plays and contains short stories and poetry.
Part One
Chapter 1 is about women in stories, and writing stories.
Chapter 2 is about female poets, and the female subjects of poems.
Chapter 3 is where it starts to become really fascinating and talks about Virginia Woolf, short stories, Kincaid, domestic expectations, appearance, Louisa May Alcott and all sorts of other things.
Chapter 4 is about madness, particularly in women writers (e.g. Charlotte Perkins Gilman) and in female characters. Another section and if you like this you might like The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literary Imagination (Yale Nota Bene)
Chapter 5 is about 'Gender, race, class and fiction' and looks mainly at The Color Purple. This is another fascinating section about a brilliant book, and includes great information from Alice Walker.
Chapter 6 is about aspects of stories in performance, and from the look of my scarce notes, this chapter wasn't as specific or informative as the others.
Chapter 7 is aboutA Doll's House (Dover Thrift) and looks at the play during that early period and why it was so shocking in 1889 from a gender perspective.
Chapter 8 is about Top Girls (Student Editions) from 1982 and talks about businesswomen and family women and the complications around that.
Part Two
Poetry Anthology
'The New Dress' by Virginia Woolf
'Girl' by Jamaica Kincaid
'Behind a Mask' by A. M. Bernard (aka Louisa May Alcott)
'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
'A Jury of her Peers' by Susan Glaspell
These are the full short stories and the full Trifles play. This book is possibly worth buying just for these amazing stories alone.
Overall the book is very interesting. I've heard it criticised by my fellow students on the course for being a little dated, and yes, I guess it is. When you're looking at a play or novel from 1982 and judging it by 1996 standards in 2011 it can feel like it's from another time. However that in itself can be useful to any academic.
I thought the book was great and I'd recommend to anyone studying gender in literature.
Format:Paperback
Among all the products I purchased in October 19th, this item was the latest one to arrive at my place in Tenerife, Canary Islands, November the 13th. But it really worthed it. I bought it second hand in perfect conditions and fantastic price.
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