Women in the House of Fiction: Post-War Women Novelists

by Lorna Sage

Overview

The novel was once upon a time the genre women felt at home in. This wide- ranging and detailed study of contemporary novelists explores the forms of nostalgia (shared by many feminist critics) for a 'woman's novel'; and the subtle or savage strategies which have turned the house of fiction upside down. The result is a critique of the nature of narrative now; and a celebration of the energies that are undoing our definitions of women's work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350317970
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/21/1992
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

After the War
Displaced Persons
The Middle Ground
The Movement Divided Amongst Ourselves.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Women in the House of Fiction will become essential reading for anyone – teacher or student – interested in post-war women's writing'. – I.Armstrong, Times Literary Supplement

' ... a subtle and engaging book ... One of the pleasures of this book is the imaginative insight – and wit – with which Sage unravels the very different strategies of her twenty two chosen novelists'. – H.Carr, Observer

Editorial Reviews

' Women in the House of Fiction will become essential reading for anyone - teacher or student - interested in post-war women's writing'. - I.Armstrong, Times Literary Supplement

'... a subtle and engaging book ... One of the pleasures of this book is the imaginative insight - and wit - with which Sage unravels the very different strategies of her twenty two chosen novelists'. - H.Carr, Observer

From the Publisher