Literature and Gender / Edition 1

by Lizbeth Goodman

Overview

Literature and Gender powerfully demonstrates the significance of gender issues in the study of literature. Through analyses of all three major literary forms--poetry, prose, and drama--this volume closely examines a wide array of themes including the construction of female characters, the "gendering" of language, and the intersection of race, class, and gender within reading, writing, and interpretation. A superb resource of primary texts and critical essays, Literature and Gender includes writing by Sappho, Sylvia Plath, Tennyson, Louisa May Alcott, and Virginia Wolff, (among others), plus critical essays by Maya Angelou, Sandra Gilbert, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and many more. By incorporating basic literary knowledge, an anthology of text material, and a broad range of critical viewpoints, Literature and Gender is an invaluable resource for every reader interested in exploring this area of literary studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900415135749
Publication date:	03/28/1996
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Lizbeth Goodman

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Part I: 1. Literature and Gender - Lizabeth Goodman with Alison Smith; 2. Gender and poetry - Angus Calder, with Lizbeth Goodman; 3. Prose fiction, form and gender - Lizbeth Goodman, with Kasia Boddy and Elaine Showalter; 4. Madwomen and attics: themes and issues in women's fiction - Lizbeth Goodman, with Helen Small and Mary Jacobs; 5. Gender, race, class and fiction - Lizbeth Goodman, with Joan Digby; 6. Gender and drama, text and performance - Lizbeth Goodman, with J. Ellen Gainor; 7. New women in the theater - Richard Allen; 8. Contemporary women's theater: iTop Girls - Lizbeth Goodman, with Juli Thompson Burk; Part II: Poetry Anthology - Selected by Angus Calder; iThe New Dress - Virginia Woolf; iGirl - Jamaica Kincaid; iBehind a Mask - A.M. Barnard; iThe Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman; iTrifles - Susan Glaspell; iA Jury of her Peers - Susan Glaspell