Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349509133)

If the author is 'dead', if feminism is 'post-', why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? She is concerned with ownership but, equally, with loss; determined to enter the cultural field but also rejecting that field; looking for control but subject to duplicity; seeking power alongside desire. Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors - including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee, Lurie, LeGuin, Michèle Roberts, Shields, Spark, Weldon, Walker - this study explores the complexity and continuing fascination of this figure.

Author: M. Eagleton
ISBN-10: 1349509132
ISBN-13: 9781349509133
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2005
Pages: 193
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d