Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction

by Mary Eagleton

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If the author is 'dead', if feminism is 'post-', why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? She is concerned with ownership but, equally, with loss; determined to enter the cultural field but also rejecting that field; looking for control but subject to duplicity; seeking power alongside desire. Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors - including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1349509132

ISBN13:9781349509133

Release Date:January 2005

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:193 Pages

Weight:0.58 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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