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By Robin Truth Goodman

ISBN-10: 1107126088

ISBN-13: 9781107126084

Literature and the improvement of Feminist idea deals an insightful examine the improvement of feminist thought via a literary lens. Stressing the importance of feminism's origins within the ecu Enlightenment, this booklet lines the literary careers of feminism's significant thinkers as a way to elucidate the relationship of feminist theoretical construction to literary paintings. as well as contemplating such famous authors as Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Simone de Beauvoir and Hélène Cixous, this publication additionally displays at the lasting effect of postcolonialism, liberalism, and particular genres similar to technology fiction and modernist poetry. Written by means of prime students and targeting the literary trajectories of feminism's famous individuals, Literature and the improvement of Feminist conception finally offers a brand new point of view on feminism's theoretical context, bringing into view the consequences of literary shape at the progress of feminist thought.

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