Böcker av Josephine Donovan

A highly regarded study of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe's epic nineteenth-century novel which helped educate the American public about the evils of slavery. Written by a leading scholar, this introduction links Stowe's ideas with modern philosophical and political resistance movements, including Marxism, liberation theology, existentialism, and cultural feminism. The author finds Stowe's treatment of the problem of evil still timely in the twenty-first century."Both teachers and students will be pleased."-Choice

Reprint of a classic study by a leading Jewett scholar, this widely cited book provides a lucid overview of all of Sarah Orne Jewett's work, with an emphasis on her progressive treatment of gender issues and ecological concerns. An invaluable introduction for the general reader."Provides refreshing insights" --American Literary Realism

What is feminism? What does it mean? This title provides answers to the questions, outlining the various strands of feminist theory: liberal, cultural, Marxist-socialist, Freudian, and radical.

The first major book of feminist critical theory published in the United States is now available in an expanded second edition. This widely cited pioneering work presents a new introduction by the editor and a new bibliography of feminist critical theory from the last decade.