Influence and Inheritance in Feminist English Studies
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 96 pages
978-1-349-50512-8 (ISBN)
Description
This collection explores how new directions in feminist literary study might be informed by the work of the past. It offers a snapshot view of new feminist research in the field today and traces the influence of the substantial feminist inheritance in English Studies through six distinct, individual pieces of rigorous and innovative new work.
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Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VIII, 96 p.
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-50512-8 (9781349505128)
DOI
10.1057/9781137497505
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
C. Jones | E. Hogg
Influence and Inheritance in Feminist English Studies
Book
05/2015
Palgrave Pivot
€53.49
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Persons
Marion Shaw, Loughborough University, UK
Lydia Fellgett, University of East Anglia, UK
Prudence Chamberlain, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Niall Gildea, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Lydia Fellgett, University of East Anglia, UK
Prudence Chamberlain, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Niall Gildea, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Content
Introduction 1. Marion Shaw - 'Old Feminism, New Feminism' 2. Clara Jones - 'Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own and the Problem of Inherited Wealth' 3. Lydia Fellgett - 'Amazons and Afterwards: Correspondence as Feminist Practice' 4. Emily J. Hogg - 'Progress and Feminist Literary Criticism: The 'New Eras' of Nadine Gordimer' 5. Prudence Chamberlain 'The Inheritance of Irony and Development of Flippancy' 6. Niall Gildea - 'Roger Scruton's Daughters: Feminism and Parasitism in the Idea of a University'