Feminist Fabulation : Space/Postmodern Fiction
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| Title: | Feminist Fabulation : Space/Postmodern Fiction |
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| Description: | The surprising and controversial thesis of Feminist Fabulation is unflinching: the postmodern canon has systematically excluded a wide range of important women's writing by dismissing it as genre fiction. Marleen Barr issues an urgent call for a corrective, for the recognition of a new meta- or supergenre of contemporary writing--feminist fabulation--which includes both acclaimed mainstream works and works which today's critics consistently ignore. |
| Authors: | Marleen S. Barr |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | American fiction--20th century--History and criticism, Feminism and literature--History--20th century, Feminist fiction--History and criticism, Fantasy fiction--History and criticism, Space and time in literature, Supernatural in literature, Postmodernism (Literature), Sex role in literature, Women in literature, Narration (Rhetoric) |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The surprising and controversial thesis of Feminist Fabulation is unflinching: the postmodern canon has systematically excluded a wide range of important women's writing by dismissing it as genre fiction. Marleen Barr issues an urgent call for a corrective, for the recognition of a new meta- or supergenre of contemporary writing--feminist fabulation--which includes both acclaimed mainstream works and works which today's critics consistently ignore. |
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| ISBN: | 9780877453772 9781587290114 |
