| Women and Romance: The Consolations of Gender in the English Novel Contributor(s): Langbauer, Laurie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801424216 ISBN-13: 9780801424212 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Women - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 823.009 |
| LCCN: 90-55116 |
| Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: According to Laurie Langbauer, the notion of romance is vague precisely because it represents the chaotic negative space outside the novel that determines its form. Addressing questions of form, Langbauer reads novels that explore the interplay between the novel and romance: works by Charlotte Lennox, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and George Meredith. She considers key issues in feminist debate, in particular the relations of feminist to the poststructuralist theories of Lacan, Derrida, and Foucault. In highlighting questions of gender in this way, Women and Romance contributes to a major debate between skeptical and materialist points of view among poststructuralist critics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Langbauer, Laurie: - Laurie Langbauer is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Novels of Everyday Life: The Series in English Fiction, 1850-1930, also published by Cornell University Press. |