New Women's Writing: Contextualising Fiction, Poetry and Philosophy

by Subashish Bhattacharjee (Editor), Girindra Narayan Ray (Revision)

The uptake of womens writing as a distinct genre in literature since the 1960s has been rapid and multifarious. This development has fuelled a generation of literary and cultural studies, and can be seen in the growing influence of womens and gender studies even in literary studies programs. The study of women's writing has alerted literature to crucial social, political and cultural problems with which the discipline must continue to grapple. New Womens Writing addresses this legacy and reflects upon the following What is a critical history of womens writing? How has womens writing challenged literatures rigid disciplinary construction? How can we derive a distinct philosophy of womens writing and literary studies? How does an engagement with womens writing contribute to a literary understanding of the complex politics of literature? This book is designed to interest both the seasoned scholar of womens writing, as well as fledgling scholars who wish to grapple with the broad concept of womens writing and its manifestations in the twentieth century and thereafter.

274 pages, Hardcover

Published April 11, 2018