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A Jane Austen Educationby William Deresiewicz
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99Before Jane Austen, William Deresiewicz was a very different young man. A sullen and arrogant graduate student, he never thought Austen would have anything to offer him. Then he read Emma— and everything changed. In this unique and lyrical book, Deresiewicz weaves the misadventures of Austen’s characters with his own youthful follies, demonstrating the power of the great novelist’s teachings—and how, for Austen, growing up and making mistakes are one and the same. Honest, erudite, and deeply moving, A Jane Austen Education is the story of one man’s discovery of the world outside himself. more...
'Improper' Feminineby Lyn Pykett
Routledge 1992; US$ 115.00The first comparative study of the women's sensation novel of the 1860s and the New Woman fiction of the 1890s, two genres which undermined the ideal of the `proper feminine' and dangerously put female sexuality on the literary agenda. more...
Black Women, Writing and Identityby Carole Boyce-Davies
Routledge 1994; US$ 39.95A superb study of black women's writing, taking our understanding of identity, location and representation to new levels. A major contribution to a range of related fields including feminist, cultural and postcolonial studies. more...
Sarah Orne Jewettby Josephine Donovan
Cybereditions 2000; US$ 12.95An updated and revised edition of a classic study, this widely cited book presents a lucid review of all of Jewett's work, which includes nearly 200 stories and novels. In a new preface Donovan discusses the 'culture war' that has recently erupted over Jewett. more...
Usurer's Daughterby Lorna Hutson
Routledge 1994; US$ 41.95In a brilliant and persuasive series of moves, Lorna Hutson provides startling new readings of Shakespeare, illuminates how social relations were textualized, and focuses on the central importance of the history of the representation of women. more...
Readings in Renaissance Women's Dramaby S.P. Cerasano; Marion Wynne-Davies
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95Readings in Renaissance Women's Drama brings together, for the first time, a significant collection of critical and historical essays. Authors include: Joanna Lumley, Elizabeth Cary, Mary Sidney, Mary Wroth and the Cavendish sisters. more...
Jane Austen and Representations of Regency Englandby Roger Sales
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95Roger Sales reconstructs the breadth of Austen's writing, including her correspondence and modern adaptations of her work. In an accessible study, he views her historically as a Regency writer voicing concerns on the condition of England. more...
Trance, Dances and Vociferationsby Nada Elia
Routledge 2001; US$ 34.95This book provides a feminist analysis of gender politics in the works of four major Africana women writers: Toni Morrison,Nichelle Cliff, Assia Djebar and Paule Marshall. more...
Inventing Herselfby Elaine Showalter
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 17.99Sure to take its place alongside the literary landmarks of modern feminism, Elaine Showalter's brilliant, provocative work chronicles the roles of feminist intellectuals from the eighteenth century to the present. With sources as diverse as A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Scream 2, Inventing Herself is an expansive and timely exploration of women who possess a boundless determination to alter the world by boldly experiencing love, achievement, and fame on a grand scale. These women tried to work, travel, think, love, and even die in ways that were ahead of their time. In doing so, they forged an epic history that each generation of adventurous women has rediscovered. Focusing on paradigmatic figures ranging from Mary Wollstonecraft... more...
Men and Women Writers of the 1930sby Janet Montefiore
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95This book examines in detail the contribution of women writers through their memoirs, fiction and poetry to the literature of the 1930s. The author challenges the traditional literary analyses of this dynamic and politically charged decade. more...









