TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riley,Catherine E.
AU  - Pearce,Lynne
TI  - Feminism and women's writing: an introduction 
SN  - 9781474415606 (paperback)
U1  - 820.99287 22
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Feminism in literature
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Women and literature
KW  - English literature
KW  - Women authors
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 21st century
KW  - HHUUEENN
KW  - November2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Part I. Debates : Gendering the canon --
Gender -- Body/image -- Not straight sex -- Ethnicity -- Part II. Genres : Romance -- Crime -- Science fiction -- Life-writing -- Historical fiction
N2  - This book clearly and succinctly introduces the ways in which feminist ideas have transformed the form and content of women's fiction and non-fiction writing. The Introduction sets out the critical background and the main feminist critical approaches to literature. Part I, Debates, contains chapters which outline feminist engagements with the canon, gender, the body, sexual difference and ethnicity to demonstrate the ways in which feminist ideas have affected the content of women's literature. In Part II, Genres, five chapters examine types of fiction writing, romance, crime, science fiction, life-writing and historical fiction, to show the effect of feminist ideas on the form of women's literature--back cover
ER  -