British and Irish Women Writers and the Women's Movement: Six Literary Voices of Their Times
Author:   Jill Franks
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786474080


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   08 March 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jill Franks
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780786474080


ISBN 10:   0786474084
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   08 March 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction. Why Voices, Gynocritics and Biography Matter One. “Cherish all the children of the nation equally”: The Irish Women’s Movement Two. “Deeds, Not Words”: The British Women’s Movement Three. The 1920s: Androgyny and Gender Performance in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September Four. The 1960s: Hegemonies and the Abject in Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook and Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy Five. Turn of the 21st Century: Individualist and Communal Values in Fay Weldon’s Big Women and Nuala O’Faolain’s My Dream of You Conclusion. Comparative Analysis Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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Recommended --Choice Franks pairs Irish and British women novelists from three periods to relate their writing to the three waves of the women's movement in their respective countries --Reference & Research Book News.


Recommended --Choice; Franks pairs Irish and British women novelists from three periods to relate their writing to the three waves of the women's movement in their respective countries --Reference & Research Book News.


"""Recommended""--Choice; ""Franks pairs Irish and British women novelists from three periods to relate their writing to the three waves of the women's movement in their respective countries""--Reference & Research Book News."


Recommended --<i>Choice</i>; Franks pairs Irish and British women novelists from three periods to relate their writing to the three waves of the women's movement in their respective countries --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.


“Recommended”—Choice; “Franks pairs Irish and British women novelists from three periods to relate their writing to the three waves of the women’s movement in their respective countries”—Reference & Research Book News.


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Jill Franks teaches English literature and film at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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