Feminist Literary Criticism

A collection of five essays (plus preface and afterword) by noted feminist critics, this book provides an overview of the existing body of the feminist literary criticism, promotes and understanding of the issues feminist critics are currently discussing among themselves and with other critics, and proposes a theoretical frame work for understanding this new critical direction. It is the first collection to deal exclusively with certain theoretical questions being raise about literature by feminists, and as such, establishes a point of departure for further development of feminist critical theory.