Set in a provincial town in the early-19th-century, this is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms. The heroine passes from childhood to maturity in a process that, though often painful for her, is sharply and humorously observed.
Literature and Feminism is an exemplary new introduction to feminist literary criticism and theory which assumes no previous knowledge of the field. Clear, informative and carefully structured, it provides a thorough guide to, and path through, one of the most important, but also most difficult, areas of contemporary literary studies.
A clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism, this guide is vital reading for students of literature, in particular those working on the realist novel. schovat popis