Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American literature    3. Books and reading    4. Communication    5. Feminism and literature    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Telecommunications    11. United States    12. Women    13. Women authors    14. Women's Studies - General    15. Literary studies: general   

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Not for the uninitiated
I am currently taking an undergraduate course on Cather, and I hoped that this book would provide some insight into a side of her not covered in the course. However, I found the book full of jargon which rendered itincomprehensible to me. Perhaps if you are already initiated into the worldof "queer studies" you will find it interesting, but I don'trecommend it for a casual reader.

Daring and Provocative
Lindemann's deft analysis of Cather and her "queer" sensibilities is a refreshing change of pace from the boring, disconnected aesthetic-based criticism that has dominated Cather studies for some timenow. Written in a delightfully engaging prose style, _Willa Cather:Queering America_ provides us with insight into the next phase of Catherscholarship that dares to situate the author within the sexual-politicalenvironment of the early twentieth century. A must for queer and gay andlesbian Americanists, as well as anyone interested in American literaryhistory and the traditions that frame such a field. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1873-1947    2. 20th century    3. American - General    4. Cather, Willa,    5. Feminism and literature    6. Gay & Lesbian    7. Gay Studies    8. History    9. Homosexuality and literature    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. United States    13. Women Authors    14. Women and literature    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / American   

Subjects:  1. 1909-    2. 20th century    3. Feminism and literature    4. General    5. Golden apples    6. History    7. Intertextuality    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. United States    11. Welty, Eudora - Prose & Criticism    12. Welty, Eudora,    13. Women Authors    14. Women In American Literature    15. Women and literature    16. Welty, Eudora   

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"Silenced Feminists Trapped in the Attic?"
Caminero-Santangelo challenges the long-held feminist belief that historically women have utilized insanity as a means of cultural resistance. The book both analyzes contemporary theory on the issue -including the emphasis French feminists have placed on the linguisticconstruction of the "feminine" voice and its association withmadness - and historical studies on female insanity. Through a closereading of such books as "The Bell Jar," "Girl,Interrupted," and "The Bluest Eye," she asserts that womentextually represent insanity as a "loss of voice," rather than aliberatory experience. Further, she demonstrates that historians andtheorists have overlooked patients' choices where they conflict with the"madness as feminism" position - particularly in cases wherepatients view psychiatrists or psychiatric treatment favourably. This bookdoes much to challenge our assumptions about female insanity andperceptions of psychiatric practice. While one might dispute the claim thatinsane women *cannot* have a voice, Caminero-Santangelo does demonstratethe dangers inherent in the presumption that insanity was a means topersonal power. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - General    3. American fiction    4. Feminism & Feminist Theory    5. Feminism and literature    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Literature and mental illness    11. United States    12. Women Authors   

Subjects:  1. 16th century    2. 17th century    3. Drama    4. England    5. Feminism and literature    6. Feminist    7. History    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Shakespeare    11. Women and literature    12. English    13. Feminism    14. Shakespeare studies & criticism    15. Shakespeare, William    16. Views on feminism    17. Views on sex role    18. Women   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and literature    2. Literary Criticism    3. Persuasion (Rhetoric) in liter    4. Power (Social sciences) in lit    5. Power (Social sciences) in literature    6. Property in literature    7. Women in literature    8. Literary studies: general   

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groundbreaking work
This text is a wonderful read for anyone invested in the intellectual pursuit of scholarship and feminism. Obviously, this type of important work is upsetting to readers who do not like their patriarchal notions of "feminism" and the constructed body of the young and adult woman in today's culture questioned or problematized.

THIS is feminism???
Look, I'm a man, so I might have a skewed view of what "feminism" is and is not. But Ms. Trites's view of what constitutes "true feminist literature" with its emhasis on communication, sharing and self-improvement over effective female heroes sounds, to this White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Male at least, a LOT like the "finer qualities of women" extolled by Victorian lady novelists. It has little, if any, bearing on the passionately activist and physically and morally courageous teenage girls and twentysomething women of my experience - or of the older women (one of whom I'm married to) who fought long and hard so someone like Ms. Trites could call herself a "feminist". A Must Read
Trites' book is a must read for college students, teachers, parents, everyone...Her language is very accessible.I used this book as the main source for my senior thesis, and found it to be extremely helpful as wellas enlightening. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Literature - General    2. Children's stories    3. Feminism and literature    4. Feminist    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Sex role in literature    9. Women Authors    10. Women and literature    11. Children's literature studies: general    12. Feminism    13. Literary Criticism & Collections / Children's Literature    14. Literary studies: general   

Subjects:  1. English-speaking countries    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist    4. History and criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Postmodernism (Literature)    7. Science Fiction    8. Science Fiction & Fantasy    9. Science fiction, American   

Subjects:  1. (William Butler),    2. 1865-1939    3. 20th century    4. Characters    5. Drama    6. Dramatic works    7. English drama    8. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    9. Feminism and literature    10. History    11. History and criticism    12. Ireland    13. Irish Drama    14. Irish authors    15. Literary Criticism    16. Literature - Classics / Criticism    17. Women In Literature    18. Women and literature    19. Yeats, W. B    20. English    21. Gender studies    22. Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -    23. Women   

Subjects:  1. American - African American & Black    2. Black authors    3. Blacks In Literature    4. Feminism and literature    5. Feminist literary criticism    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Women Authors    11. Women In Literature   

Subjects:  1. Feminist literary criticism    2. Gender Studies    3. History and criticism    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Social Science    8. Social change in literature    9. Sociology    10. Theory, etc    11. Women Authors    12. Aesthetics    13. Feminism    14. Literary studies: general    15. Social Science / Gender Studies   

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. Drama    3. Early Modern English Drama (1500-1700)    4. England    5. English drama    6. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. Feminism and literature    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Literature and society    12. Restoration, 1660-1700    13. Sociology    14. Women In English Literature    15. Drama texts: 16th to 18th centuries    16. English    17. Literary studies: general    18. Plays & playwrights: 16th to 18th centuries    19. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. American literature    3. Feminism and literature    4. History and criticism    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Theory, etc    8. United States    9. Women As Authors (American Literature)    10. Women Authors    11. Women In American Literature    12. Women and literature    13. English    14. Gender studies    15. Literary theory    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1804-1876    2. 19th century    3. Criticism and interpretation    4. European - General    5. Feminism and literature    6. France    7. French Novel And Short Story    8. History    9. Idealism in literature    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Sand, George,    13. Women In Literature    14. Women and literature    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / European    16. Sand, George   

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How did the Middle English see gender?
An extended excursion into Middle English history. The authors scrutinise contemporary texts and ballads to parse out the expected roles of men and women. More to the point, they focus on how gender roles were debated at that time, as contrasted to perhaps how we might see these now. Which may be why the period they survey starts at 1500. Roughly when printed material starts appearing on the scene. So that now we have books emerging as a mass medium. Leaving us material to study.Read more

Subjects:  1. 16th century    2. 17th century    3. Early modern, 1500-1700    4. England    5. English literature    6. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. Europe - Great Britain - General    8. Feminism and literature    9. Gender Studies    10. History    11. History and criticism    12. Literature - Classics / Criticism    13. Social Science    14. Sociology    15. Women Authors    16. English    17. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    18. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    19. Social Science / Gender Studies    20. Social history    21. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. 1862-1937    2. Criticism and interpretation    3. Feminism and literature    4. Ghost stories, American    5. History    6. History and criticism    7. Literature: Classics    8. United States    9. Wharton, Edith,    10. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937    11. Women and literature    12. Wharton, Edith   

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useful intro to personal criticism
The first chapter of this book, "Getting Personal: Autobiography as Cultural Criticism" is worth the whole book. This is a manifesto for personal criticism, that both gives an overview of the kinds of writing that can be called personal criticism and the problematics of the concept. Some feminist theory is densely theoretical, while other feminists argue that we must "turn our back on theory". Miller disagrees with the latter, while arguing for a personally grounded criticism that is not necessarily overtly autobiographical but that is always *intense*. I also found this chapter valuable in finding other examples of personal criticism as well as references to other discussions of this method. useful intro to personal criticism
The first chapter of this book, "Getting Personal: Autobiography as Cultural Criticism" is worth the whole book. This is a manifesto for personal criticism, that both gives an overview of the kinds of writing that can be called personal criticism and the problematics of the concept. Some feminist theory is densely theoretical, while other feminists argue that we must "turn our back on theory". Miller disagrees with the latter, while arguing for a personally grounded criticism that is not necessarily overtly autobiographical but that is always *intense*. I also found this chapter valuable in finding other examples of personal criticism as well as references to other discussions of this method.Read more

Subjects:  1. Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Feminism and literature    4. Feminist literary criticism    5. General    6. Literary Criticism    7. Women and literature    8. Feminism    9. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    10. Literary studies: general   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and literature    2. Feminism in literature    3. Feminist    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Psychoanalysis and literature    7. Women and literature    8. Women in literature    9. Literary studies: general   

Subjects:  1. 16th century    2. Early modern, 1500-1700    3. England    4. English literature    5. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    6. Feminism and literature    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Incest in literature    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Women Authors   

Subjects:  1. 1564-1616    2. Adaptations    3. Authorship    4. Characters    5. England    6. Feminism and literature    7. History and criticism    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature    10. Plays / Drama    11. Sex differences    12. Shakespeare    13. Shakespeare, William,    14. Women authors    15. Literary studies: general