About this title: For centuries, women who aspired to write had to enter a largely male literary tradition that offered few, if any, literary forms in which to express their perspectives on lived experience. Since the nineteenth century, however, women writers and readers have been producing "disobedient" counter-narratives that, while clearly making reference to the original texts, overturn their basic assumptions. This book looks at both canonical and non-canonical works, over a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres, that offer counter-readings of familiar Western narratives. Nancy Walker begins by ...
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292790964ISBN:0292790961
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292790964ISBN:0292790961
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ. Of Texas Press, Austin
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292790964ISBN:0292790961
Description: New. 0292790961. Brand new copy from publisher.; Trade PB; 8vo-8" to 9" tall; 205 pp; For centuries, women who aspired to write had to enter a largely male literary tradition that offered few, if any, literary forms in which to express their perspectives on lived experience. Walker has written a lucid, cogently argued book. Its strengths are solid scholarship and a thorough knowledge of women's narrative tradition. The chapter on The Handmaid's Tale provides her best analysis of how women ... read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292790964ISBN:0292790961
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292790964ISBN:0292790961
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292790957ISBN:0292790953
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