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Now in a new paperback edition with a new preface by the author, this collection explores feminism within the profession of literature.
Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press; 2nd edition (March 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231071779
ISBN-13: 978-0231071772
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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In one of the several introductory notes to the sections of this collection, Carolyn Heilbrun recounts that when she delivered one speech at a convention in 1985, "I could not see the Southern gentleman on the platform behind me, but I was later told that if looks could kill I would have dropped dead on the spot." (Having been present at another of her speeches during the same decade, I can vouch that she doesn't embellish the reaction.) The essay, "What Was Penelope Unweaving?," uses the story of Odysseus's wife to enlarge on the idea that "women must make new fictions of their lives." By today's standards, Heilbrun's speech is so innocuous--not to mention perceptive and textually grounded--that the reaction of the "Southern gentleman" is itself a comment on how far literary criticism and social attitudes have progressed in the intervening quarter century.One can be thankful that even many members of the Old Guard--those still living, anyway--now understand that resurrecting and discussing writing by and about women is not a threat to but an enhancement of literature. And Heilbrun was one of those teachers largely responsible for the change in mindset, more effective than most because she scorned the tempting quagmires of jargon and was famous for her plain speaking. Even when you might disagree with her conclusions, her arguments make you think of literature and culture in new ways. This collection, first published in 1990, gathers twenty-one selections, including several well-regarded and groundbreaking essays and a few obscure pieces that deserve to be more widely read.Among the highlights are the title essay (published in 1957!) and the explorations of the works of various authors.
Hamlet's Mother and Other Women Wedding Speeches: Mother Of The Bride Speeches: On This Special Day Speeches for the Mother of the Bride (Wedding Speeches Books By Sam Siv Book 3) My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones Switching Lanes: A Mother Daughter Love Triangle (Mother Daughter Series) Attract Women: Inside Her (Mind): Secrets of the Female Psyche to Attract Women, Keep Them Seduced, and Bulletproof Your Relationship (Dating Advice for Men to Attract Women) The Complete Works and Apocrypha of William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and More (52 plays, 154 sonnets and More) Women Helping Women: A Biblical Guide to Major Issues Women Face Texting Women: 7 Simple Steps From Text to Sex (Flirty Texts, Texting Girls, How To Text Girls, Art Seduction, How to Seduce a Woman, Funny Text, Pick Up Women, Funny Pick Up Lines, Picking Up Women) World War 2 History's 10 Most Incredible Women: World War II True Accounts Of Remarkable Women Heroes (WWII history, WW2, War books, world war 2 books, war history, World war 2 women) Teta, Mother, and Me: Three Generations of Arab Women One Step Ahead - A Mother of Seven Escaping Hitler's Claws: A True History - Jewish Women, Family Survival, Resistance and Defiance against the Nazi War Machine in World War II The Mother-in-Law Dance: Can Two Women Love the Same Man and Still Get Along? Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth (Penguin Classics) Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare) The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet and the Philosopher's Stone, or, A Will Most Incorrect to Heaven by William Shakespeare Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen The Daughter-In-Law's Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know about Relating to Your Mother-In-Law (Women Talk About) Understanding Hamlet: A Study Guide Hamlet (New Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark
