Engendering realism and postmodernism : : contemporary women writers in Britain / / Beate Neumeier.
This volume assembles critical essays on, and excerpts from, works of contemporary women writers in Britain. Its focus is the interaction of aesthetic play and ethical commitment in the fictional work of women writers whose interest in testing and transgressing textual boundaries is rooted in a spec...
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