Mara E. Reisman

Fay Weldon, Feminism, and British Culture

Challenging Cultural and Literary Conventions

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Produktbeschreibung

This bookoffers a critical analysis of British author Fay Weldon's major novels from 1967 to the present and addresses how Weldon's fiction engages with controversial moral and social issues. It provides an in-depth examination of the relationship between Weldon's fiction and contemporary feminist, cultural, and literary movements in Britain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781498581264
• ISBN-10: 1498581269
• Artikelnr.: 53691643

Autorenporträt

By Mara E. Reisman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Feminism, Women's Fiction, and The Fat Woman's Joke
Chapter 2: Articulating the Concerns of Women's Liberation Chapter 3:
Complicating a Feminist Reading of Fay Weldon's Fiction Chapter 4: Ethics
and Morality: Fay Weldon as a Social Critic Chapter 5: Fay Weldon's Public
Persona Chapter 6: Art, Economics, and the Politics of Purity Chapter 7:
Challenging Narrative Truth Conclusion Bibliography About the Author