Women's Fiction: From 1945 to Today

by Deborah Philips

Now in its second edition and with new chapters covering such texts as Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love and 'yummy mummy' novels such as Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It , this is a wide-ranging survey of popular women's fiction from 1945 to the present.

Examining key trends in popular writing for women in each decade, Women's Fiction offers case study readings of major British and American writers. Through these readings, the book explores how popular texts often neglected by feminist literary criticism have charted the shifting demands, aspirations and expectations of women in the 20th and 21st centuries.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sonia Bellhouse · Rating 3 out of 5]

An overview of the preoccupations of women throughout the decades. A more academic text - it may even have been a thesis at some point. Gives a good over view

[Margaret Dilloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting overview of women's fiction trends from the WWII until today. Women's fiction writers will want to check it out.

[Mills College Library]

823.91409 P554 2014