The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Feminism Has Dramatically Influenced The Way Literary Texts Are Read, Taught And Evaluated. Feminist Literary Theory Has Deliberately Transgressed Traditional Boundaries Between Literature, Philosophy And The Social Sciences In Order To Understand How Gender Has Been Constructed And Represented Through Language. This Lively And Thought-provoking Companion Presents A Range Of Approaches To The Field. Some Of The Essays Demonstrate Feminist Critical Principles At Work In Analysing Texts, While Others Take A Step Back To Trace The Development Of A Particular Feminist Literary Method. The Essays Draw On A Range Of Primary Material From The Medieval Period To Postmodernism And From Several Countries, Disciplines And Genres. Each Essay Suggests Further Reading To Explore This Field Further. This Is The Most Accessible Guide Available Both For Students Of Literature New To This Developing Field, And For Students Of Gender Studies And Readers Interested In The Interactions Of Feminism, Literary Criticism And Literature. On Canons : Anxious History And The Rise Of Black Feminist Literary Studies / Ann Ducille -- Pleasure, Resistance, And A Feminist Aesthetics Of Reading / Geraldine Heng -- The Literary Politics Of Feminist Theory / Ellen Rooney -- What Feminism Did To Novel Studies / Nancy Armstrong -- Autobiography And The Feminist Subject / Linda Anderson -- Modernisms And Feminisms / Katherine Mullin -- French Feminism's écriture Féminine / Kari Weil -- Feminism And Popular Culture / Nickianne Moody -- Poststructuralism : Theory As Critical Self-consciousness / Rey Chow -- Feminists Theorize Colonial/postcolonial / Rosemary Marangoly George -- On Common Ground? : Feminist Theory And Critical Race Studies -- Feminist Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism / Elizabeth Weed -- Queer Politics, Queer Theory, And The Future Of Identity : Spiralling Out Of Culture / Berthold Schoene. Edited By Ellen Rooney. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO FEMINIST LITERARY THEORY......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Notes on contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 11 1 On canons: anxious history and the rise of black feminist literary studies......Page 22 2 Pleasure, resistance, and a feminist aesthetics of reading......Page 46 3 The literary politics of feminist theory......Page 66 4 What feminism did to novel studies......Page 90 5 Autobiography and the feminist subject......Page 110 6 Modernisms and feminisms......Page 127 7 French feminism’s e ́criture fe ́minine......Page 144 8 Feminism and popular culture......Page 163 9 Poststructuralism: theory as critical self-consciousness......Page 184 10 Feminists theorize colonial/postcolonial......Page 200 11 On common ground?: feminist theory and critical race studies......Page 221 12 Feminist psychoanalytic literary criticism......Page 250 13 Queer politics, queer theory, and the future of “identity”: spiralling out of culture......Page 272 Index......Page 292 Anxious history and the rise of black feminist : literary studies / Ann Ducille Pleasure, resistance, and a feminist aesthetics of reading / Geraldine Heng The literary politics of feminist theory / Ellen Rooney What feminism did to novel studies / Nancy Armstrong Autobiography and the feminist subject / Linda Anderson Modernisms and feminisms / Katherine Mullin French feminisms's ecriture féacute: minine / Kari Weil Feminism and popular culture / Nickianne Moody Poststructuralism&colon: theory as critical self&dash: consciousness / Rey Chow On common ground&colon: feminist theory and critical race studies / Rashmi Varma Feminists theorize colonial&sol: postcolonial / Rosemary Marangoly George Feminist psychoanalytic literary criticism / Elizabeth Weed Queer politics, queer theory, and the future of identity&colon: spiralling out of culture / Berthold Schoene. Cambridge University Press THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO FEMINIST LITERARY THEORY 2 Contents 6 Notes on contributors 8 Introduction 11 1 On canons: anxious history and the rise of black feminist literary studies 22 2 Pleasure, resistance, and a feminist aesthetics of reading 46 3 The literary politics of feminist theory 66 4 What feminism did to novel studies 90 5 Autobiography and the feminist subject 110 6 Modernisms and feminisms 127 7 French feminism’s e ́criture fe ́minine 144 8 Feminism and popular culture 163 9 Poststructuralism: theory as critical self-consciousness 184 10 Feminists theorize colonial/postcolonial 200 11 On common ground?: feminist theory and critical race studies 221 12 Feminist psychoanalytic literary criticism 250 13 Queer politics, queer theory, and the future of “identity”: spiralling out of culture 272 Index 292 9780521001687

A lively overview of the current state and development of the field, including suggestions for further reading.