Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403903914)

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: 1403903913
ISBN-13: 9781403903914
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2005
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 7.86h x 5.48w x 0.66d