Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Africa    3. African    4. African literature (English)    5. African literature (French)    6. Feminism and literature    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Women Authors    12. African Languages    13. Feminism    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    15. Literary studies: from c 1900 -   

Reviews (10)

Rembrandt confetti
Rand's morphing in a feminist is the entire object of the book; hence the new term "Randian-Feminism." In "Looking Back," the essay "Ayn Rand: The Reluctant Feminist" is a nice piece of misinformation, since Rand was not a reluctant feminist. "Feminist Rereadings of Rand's Fiction" is a tiresome attempt to squeeze meanings out of scenes and characters of Rand's books that she mostly never meant. This is accomplished with a huge amount of psychobabble, qualifying it for the psychobabble award of the decade. They pedantically slice many of Rand's phrases, finding links between anything and everything in their content, however irrelevant, then assemble these into a new set of "meanings."They are like monkeys with scissors, cutting up a Rembrandt, and turning it into a Jackson Pollock. The last part, "Toward a Randian Feminism?" consists of views on Rand's feminist possibilities. Again, through pure psychobabble and distortion, various writers bend and stretch Rand into a ridiculous caricature feminist - even a camp feminist, thanks very much. This lame attempt to morph Rand into a feminist won't work in the end - like graffiti on her tombstone, it will eventually wash off.

N. Branden's comments silly and layered with irony
Nathaniel Branden writes in his review: "...this book, criticisms of Rand and all, will do more to advance the cause of Rand's work than all their (actual Objectivists) true-believer praise and idiotic adulation." Excellent wide-ranging scholarly discussion
I'm a contributor to this anthology. This book covers a lot of new ground, bringing together people and perspectives all over the map, from different disciplines and backgrounds, and even three continents. Few things provide a more fruitful and explosive combination than Ayn Rand and feminism. While most contributors to the book are feminists, at least one, maybe two are anti-feminist (depending on how one would classify Camille Paglia). Most contributors are positive to Rand, in the sense that they/we feel that Rand contributed a lot of value (and that more value can be gained by engaging Rand and feminism with each other), but not in the sense of uncritical idolatry. Rand provokes a lot of polarized response: idolatry or condemnation. What Rand needs is a more balanced and scholarly treatment, and engagement with other thinkers and traditions in intellectual history, and this volume does provide that. Feminism has individualist and collectivist wings, and the collectivist wings have been too dominating recently; engaging with Rand can lead to a revival of individualist feminism. In my own contribution, entitled _The Female Hero: A Randian-Feminist Synthesis_, (ifi.uio.no/~thomas/po/female-hero.html) I apply and extend Rand's conception of heroism to women, leading towards a new radical individualist feminism which is interestingly also an ancient vision of female strength and power. Thus I compare and combine Rand with myths of Amazons, and writers who explore these ancient images of power, writers like Merlin Stone, Barbara Walker and Riane Eisler and scholarly accounts of ancient goddesses and heroines. I also discuss androgyny and postandrogyny, and non-patriarchal sexualities. My article is available on my web site. I would also recommend the web site of Chris Sciabarra (co-editor of the book), where you can find a subsite about the book, which includes highlights from reviews and discussions of the book, including the archives of a structured online seminar going through all the articles of the entire book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - General    3. Canon (Literature)    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Feminism & Feminist Theory    6. Feminism and literature    7. History    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Rand, Ayn    11. United States    12. Women Authors    13. Women and literature    14. American English    15. English    16. Feminism    17. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    18. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    19. Russia   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Africa    3. African    4. African literature (English)    5. Feminism and literature    6. Feminist    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Sociology    12. South Africa    13. Women Authors    14. Women and literature    15. Black studies    16. Novels, other prose & writers   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - Asian American    3. American fiction    4. Asian American authors    5. Feminism and literature    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. United States    11. Women Authors    12. Women and literature    13. American English    14. American Language and Literature    15. Asian and Asian American Studies    16. Asian studies    17. Gender Studies    18. Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian American    19. Novels, other prose & writers    20. Postcolonial Studies    21. USA   

Subjects:  1. Avant-garde (Aesthetics)    2. Feminism and literature    3. General    4. History and criticism    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Politics and literature    8. Reference    9. Revolutionary literature    10. Literary studies: general    11. Philosophy of language    12. Political manifestos   

Subjects:  1. Characters    2. Chaucer, Geoffrey,    3. England    4. Feminism & Feminist Theory    5. Feminism and literature    6. History    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Sex role in literature    10. To 1500    11. Women    12. Women and literature    13. d. 1400    14. English    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    16. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    17. Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval   

Subjects:  1. 1840-1928    2. 19th century    3. Criticism and interpretation    4. England    5. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    6. Feminism and literature    7. Feminist    8. Hardy, Thomas,    9. History    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Sex role in literature    12. Sociology    13. Women and literature    14. English    15. Feminism    16. Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - General    3. American fiction    4. Feminism and literature    5. History    6. History and criticism    7. History: American    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. United States    10. Women Authors    11. Women and literature    12. American history    13. Social Science / Women's Studies    14. USA    15. gender; feminism; maternity; Agnes Smedley; Daughters of Earth; Mary McCarthy; The Company She Keeps; women's literary tradition   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist    4. History    5. History and criticism    6. History: American    7. Literature    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature, Modern    10. Women Authors    11. American English    12. Colonization & independence    13. Cultural studies    14. English    15. Literary studies: general    16. USA    17. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - Theology - General    2. Feminist literary criticism    3. History    4. History and criticism    5. History: American    6. Religion    7. Religion - Church History    8. Religious literature    9. United States - 20th Century    10. Women and religion    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Comparative religion    13. Cultural studies    14. History of religion    15. Religion & Theology | Spirituality    16. Sacred texts    17. Social Science / Women's Studies    18. Spirituality    19. USA    20. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. English fiction    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. Feminism and literature    5. Gender Studies    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Male authors    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. English    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    15. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    16. Novels, other prose & writers   

Subjects:  1. 1830-1886    2. 19th Century American Poetry    3. 19th century    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Dickinson, Emily,    6. Feminism and literature    7. Feminist poetry, American    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Poetry    13. United States    14. Dickinson, Emily    15. English    16. Poetry & poets: 19th century    17. USA    18. Views on feminism    19. Works by individual poets: 19th century   

Reviews (1)

Beautiful
This book is beautifully written. I have never seen such a positive approach to the chaos of the current cultural environment. Every paragraph is a gem, and takes the reader step by step deeper into a whole new prism of meaning. My heart warms just thinking about it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism and literature    2. General    3. History and criticism    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Literature and morals    7. Literature, Modern    8. Poetry    9. Women in literature    10. English    11. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    12. Literary studies: general   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and literature    2. Feminist literary criticism    3. Literary Criticism    4. Psychoanalysis and literature    5. Women and literature    6. Cultural studies    7. Feminism    8. Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory   

Subjects:  1. (Mikhail Mikhailovich),    2. 1895-1975    3. 20th century    4. Bakhtin, M. M    5. English fiction    6. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. Feminist literary criticism    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Women in literature   

Subjects:  1. Feminist literary criticism    2. Literary Criticism    3. Literature - Classics / Criticism    4. Literature, Comparative    5. Women Authors   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Criticism    3. English literature    4. Feminism and literature    5. Feminist    6. Gender Studies    7. Great Britain    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Semiotics & Theory    13. Theory, etc    14. Women In Literature    15. Criticism--Great Britain--History--20th century    16. Literary studies: general    17. Social Science / Gender Studies   

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A must read
Anyone interested in Victorian literature or interpretations of writings during the Victorian era should read this excellent commentary.Also an example of feminist criticism at its best. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th Century Literature - History And Criticism    2. 19th century    3. English literature    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. Feminism and literature    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Religion (Specific Aspects)    11. Sociology    12. Theory, etc    13. Women authors    14. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett    15. English    16. Literary studies: 19th century    17. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    18. Religion: general    19. Rossetti, Christina Georgina    20. Shakespeare, William    21. Women    22. Women's studies    23. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Essays    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist literary criticism    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Sociology    7. Women Authors    8. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms    9. Feminism   

Subjects:  1. 1810-1850    2. 19th century    3. American - General    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Feminism and literature    6. Fuller, Margaret,    7. Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850    8. History    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. National characteristics, American, in literature    12. United States    13. Women and literature    14. Women's Studies - General    15. Fuller, Margaret