After the Fall

Josephine Donovan

Penn State University Press

Women and the Rise of the Novel, 1405-1726

<p>Donovan (English, U. of Maine) traces the significant role women writers played in the manifestation of the novel as a literary form, using examples of the writing traditions of women in the 15th through the 18th centuries--unlike most studies of the origin of the novel which begin with the 18th century. She examines works in Italian, French, and Spanish as well as English, and draws on Mikhail Bakhtin, Iris Murdoch, and contemporary standpoint theory in her analysis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

It has long been recognized that women writers played a significant role in the rise of the novel. Women and the Rise of the Novel is the first systematic theoretical study of early modern women’s fiction showing how and why it helped shape the novel’s identity. While most studies of the origin of the novel begin with the eighteenth century, Donovan traces women’s literary traditions from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, focusing on the early modern period as a starting point. She examines works in Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as English, highlighting the contributions of various women writers from Christine de Pizan to Jane Austen.

Women and the Rise of the Novel, 1405-1737

Classics

Macmillan Distribution Ltd.

<p>First published in 1985, with coverage going up to 1982, this book has established itself as the classic survey and analysis of the roots and development of American feminist theory. Additions include coverage of the recent past: feminism, poststructuralism, multiculturalism, traditional liberalism, science and the environment. Bibliography. Index.</p>

Feminist Theory: The Intellectual Traditions of American Feminism

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Continuum Intl Pub Group (Sd)

An 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.

Sarah Orne Jewett

Lisa Loucks Christenson Publishing, LLC

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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