Working with Feminist Criticism

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.

Acknowledgments vi Introduction  1 Speech and Silence 16 Defining a Feminist Text 32 Creating a Matrilineage 37 The Woman Author: Lost and Found 49 The Death of a Woman Author? 65 Gender and Genre 77 Feminism and Genre Fiction 91 Feminist Publishing 105 Feminist Reading 119 Feminist Criticisms 135 Patriarchal Binary Thought 146 Gender Play 158 Feminine Writing and Reading 172 Finding the Subject 189 The Politics of Location 208 Conclusion 219 Works Cited 221 Index 234