Finding the plot: A Maternal Approach to Madness in Literature
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Finding the plot: A Maternal Approach to Madness in Literature

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eBook - ePub

Finding the plot: A Maternal Approach to Madness in Literature

About this book

Over the past fifty years, feminist literary criticism has become theoretical rather than practical, severing any relationship between literary analysis and the real lived experiences of women. An example of this disconnect is the way in which the madwoman in feminist literature has become a lauded icon of liberation, when in reality her situation would be seen as anything but empowered. Finding the Plot takes this example to task, arguing that in fact any interpretation of women's madness as subversive reinforces the very gender stereotypes that feminist literary criticism should be calling into question.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. Introduction: The academic is personal
  10. 1 Who is the madwoman in the attic?
  11. 2 Calls for a new approach
  12. 3 Myth and the literary madwoman
  13. 4 The eternal madwoman
  14. 5 Resolving the eternal madwoman
  15. 6 The madwoman’s ascent
  16. 7 The maternal journey
  17. 8 Towards an era of reconstruction
  18. Conclusion
  19. Bibliography
  20. Praise for Finding the Plot