Working with Feminist Criticism by Mary Eagleton

by Mary Eagleton

Using the concepts and practices of feminist literary criticism, this constantly challenging workbook not only makes the connection between women's writing and women's lives but breaks new ground in enabling students to apply critical concepts and to feel more at ease with the texts common to feminist literary theory.

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First published November 13, 1996

About the author

Mary Eagleton is Professor of Contemporary Women’s Writing at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. She has published extensively in the field of feminist literary theory and contemporary women’s writing, including Feminist Literary Criticism (1991), Working With Feminist Criticism (Wiley-Blackwell, 1996), A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003) and Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (2005). She is founding Co-editor of the journal, Contemporary Women’s Writing.

Formerly a Professor in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, Mary Eagleton’s interests lie in contemporary women’s writing and the history of feminist literary criticism. She has developing interests in the work of Pierre Bourdieu and women’s relation to intellectualism. Recent publications include A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory (Blackwell, 2003) and Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (Palgrave, 2005), a study of the continuing fascination of the woman author as a character in contemporary fiction, and the third edition of Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).