Figuring the woman author in contemporary fiction /
[Book]
Mary Eagleton.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
viii, 193 pages ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-187) and index.
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 -- The reluctant author.
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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 is at the centre of political, aesthetic and ethical problems."--Jacket.
American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Authors in literature.
English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Feminism and literature-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 20th century.
Feminist fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English-- History and criticism.
Women and literature-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 20th century.