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Figuring the woman author in contemporary fiction [electronic resource] / Mary Eagleton.

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If the author is dead and feminism is post, why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a character in contemporary fiction? This original study shows how much life is left in the woman author and how for contemporary writers she is a figure of rich narrative interest and at the centre...

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Main Author: Eagleton, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women authors in literature.
Feminism and literature > English-speaking countries > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > English-speaking countries > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, American > History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English > History and criticism.
Authors in literature.
American fiction.
American fiction > Women authors.
English fiction.
English fiction > Women authors.
Feminism and literature.
Feminist fiction, American.
Feminist fiction, English.
Women and literature.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Birth, Death and Resurrection
  • Feminism and the Death of the Author
  • Playing the Field: Women's Access to Cultural Production
  • Lost and Found: The Making of the Woman Author
  • Tell Me a Story: Women Oral Narrators
  • 'A Constant State of Tension': Academic Women Authors
  • Finding the Right Words: Authors of Romantic Fiction
  • Reluctant Authors.

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