Feminist linguistics in literary criticism / edited by Katie Wales for the English Association.
"These essays employ close scrutiny of texts to clarify gender issues in feminist literary criticism, where one of the major problems has been the tendency to generalise when exploring language and gender. This volume clarifies the issues involved and tests generalisations by specific analysis,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [England] :
D.S. Brewer,
1994.
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| Series: | Essays and studies (London, England : 1950) ;
v. 47. |
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| Summary: | "These essays employ close scrutiny of texts to clarify gender issues in feminist literary criticism, where one of the major problems has been the tendency to generalise when exploring language and gender. This volume clarifies the issues involved and tests generalisations by specific analysis, and in the process defines a 'feminist stylistics' - a fresh, practical approach which will serve as a model for future work in this area." "The seven essays in the collection analyse widely varying literary texts, using the framework of linguistic theory to address feminist issues. The texts range from Shakespeare's As You Like It to present-day pop songs, and also cover poetry and contemporary fiction; the feminist critics whose approach is under examination include Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva, Showalter, Woolf and contemporary British feminists; and the linguistic models employed cover discourse analysis, politeness theory, lexicalisation and transitivity."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 157 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0859914119 9780859914116 |
| ISSN: | 0071-1357 0071-1357 ; |