Women in the House of Fiction
Post-War Women Novelists
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Lorna Sage | ISBN: | 9781349222254 |
| Publisher: | Macmillan Education UK | Publication: | August 21, 1992 |
| Imprint: | Red Globe Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lorna Sage |
| ISBN: | 9781349222254 |
| Publisher: | Macmillan Education UK |
| Publication: | August 21, 1992 |
| Imprint: | Red Globe Press |
| Language: | English |
The novel was once upon a time the genre women felt at home in. This wide- ranging and detailed study of contemporary novelists explores the forms of nostalgia (shared by many feminist critics) for a 'woman's novel'; and the subtle or savage strategies which have turned the house of fiction upside down. The result is a critique of the nature of narrative now; and a celebration of the energies that are undoing our definitions of women's work.
The novel was once upon a time the genre women felt at home in. This wide- ranging and detailed study of contemporary novelists explores the forms of nostalgia (shared by many feminist critics) for a 'woman's novel'; and the subtle or savage strategies which have turned the house of fiction upside down. The result is a critique of the nature of narrative now; and a celebration of the energies that are undoing our definitions of women's work.
