The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction

by Judith Fetterley

Overview

"Fetterley's questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past." —Women's Studies International Quarterly

" . . . thoughtful, informed, and well written." —Choice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253202475
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	09/22/1981
Series:	Midland Book Series
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 2.40(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: On the Politics of Literature

1. Palpable Designs: Four American Short Stories
An American Dream: Rip Van Winkle
Growing Up Male in America: I Want to Know Why
Women Beware Science: The Birthmark
A Rose for A Rose for Emily

2. A Farewell to Arms: Hemingway's Resentful Cryptogram
3. The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's droit de seigneur
4. The Bostonians: Henry James's Eternal Triangle
5. An American Dream: Hula, Hula, Said the Witches

Notes