Writing in the Feminine: Feminism and Experimental Writing in Quebec

by Karen Gould

Book Overview

Here is a celebration and an analysis of four Qu b cois feminist rebels whose self-conscious revolt against language has put them at the forefront of experimental writing in Quebec. These women--Nicole Brossard, Madeleine Gagnon, Louky Bersianik, and France Theoret--are attempting to explode male-dominated language and to construct a new language and literature of women.

In this first major study of their work in English, Karen Gould examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809315823
• ISBN13: 9780809315826
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"