Women in the House of Fiction
Author | : Lorna Sage |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1992-08-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781349222254 |
ISBN-13 | : 1349222259 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women in the House of Fiction written by Lorna Sage and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1992-08-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel was once upon a time the genre women felt at home in. This wide- ranging and detailed study of contemporary novelists explores the forms of nostalgia (shared by many feminist critics) for a 'woman's novel'; and the subtle or savage strategies which have turned the house of fiction upside down. The result is a critique of the nature of narrative now; and a celebration of the energies that are undoing our definitions of women's work.