Finding the plot : a maternal approach to madness in literature /

Over the past fifty years, feminist literary criticism has become theoretical rather than practical, severing any relationship between literary analysis and the real lived experiences of women. An example of this disconnect is the way in which the madwoman in feminist literature has become a lauded...

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Main Author: Rogers, Megan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bradford, ON : Demeter Press, 2017
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: The academic is personal; 1 Who is the madwoman in the attic?; 2 Calls for a new approach; 3 Myth and the Literary madwoman; 4 The eternal madwoman; 5 Resolving the eternal madwoman; 6 The madwoman's ascent; 7 The maternal journey; 8 Towards an era of reconstruction; Conclusion; Bibliography; Praise for Finding the Plot