 | Literary Sisterhoods: Imagining Women Artists Subjects: Women and literature; Fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women artists in literature; Women authors in literature; Building on scholarship, such as feminist criticism, that has contributed to an awareness of the distinctive perspectives on female experience revealed in women's writing, Heller reveals how women authors construct their female protagonists' quests for creative self-expression. By situating these narrative journeys in their own times and cultures, Literary Sisterhoods shows how they contribute to a common tradition that speaks to readers today. Deborah Heller is associate professor of humanities, York University and co-editor of Jewish Presences in English Literature. |
