Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-233) and index.
1. 'This story must be told' : women writers of the 1930s -- 2. The politics of women's liberation -- 3. Liberating literature -- 4. 'If we restructure the sentence our lives are making' : feminist fictions of subjectivity -- 5. Healing the body politic : Alice Walker's Meridian -- 6. Seizing time and making new : Marge Piercy's Vida -- 7. 'Context is all' : backlash fictions of the 1980s.
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Liberating literature.
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American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Feminism and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Feminist fiction-- History and criticism.
Political fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Sex role in literature.
Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.