Using the concepts and practices of feminist literary criticism, this workbook makes the connection between women's writing and women's lives. Based on material gathered over many years by the UK's leading specialist, it focuses on taking the reader more deeply into the issues raised, rather than on finding 'correct' answers.

Integrated into taught courses, it will provide an excellent basis for seminar discussion and small group activities.

Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Speech and Silence. 2. Defining a Feminist Text. 3. Creating a Matrilineage. 4. The Woman Author: Lost and Found. 5. The Death of the Woman Author? 6. Gender and Genre. 7. Feminism and Genre Fiction. 8. Feminist Publishing. 9. Feminist Reading. 10. Feminist Criticisms. 11. Patriarchal Binary Thought. 12. Gender Play. 13. Feminine Writing and Reading. 14. Finding the Subject. 15. The Politics of Location. Conclusion. Works Cited.