Twentieth-Century Women Novelists

Synopsis of Twentieth-Century Women Novelists

«Twentieth-Century Women Novelists» is Susan Watkins's feminist literary criticism essay (Palgrave, paperback, 218 pages, in English).

The essay examines the relationship between novels written by women in the twentieth century and feminist theory, as its subtitle «Feminist Theory into Practice» announces. In each chapter, Susan Watkins contextualises the theoretical texts and connects them with a novel frequently used in teaching, offering renewed interpretations.

Published on 26 October 2000. Covers English and American fiction written by women, and includes bibliography and index.

Useful for students and teachers of literature and feminist theory, and for readers interested in twentieth-century literature and academic criticism.