| Hysterical Fictions: The 'Woman's Novel' in the Twentieth Century 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Hanson, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333638891 ISBN-13: 9780333638897 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 823 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The woman's novel is a term used to describe fiction which, while immensely popular among educated women readers, sits uneasily between high and low culture. Clare Hanson argues that this hybrid status reflects the ambivalent position of its authors and readers, as educated women caught between identification with the male-gendered intellectual culture and a counter-experience of female embodiment. Through six case studies, the representation of a 'mind/body problem' is explored in the fiction of Rosamond Lehmann, Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Drabble, A.S.Byatt and Anita Brookner. |