The Writing Or the Sex?, Or, Why You Don't Have to Read Women's Writing to Know It's No GoodThis text questions the differences between female and male literature. Taking the view that the difference lies not within the writing itself, but in the response to the writing, the author writes that men have been in charge of according value to literature, and that they have found the contributions of their own sex immeasurably superior. The author presents evidence for a form of literary criticism which takes account of the exploitative practices of men. |
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Contents
Part One ON THE JUDGEMENT OF LITERARY | 7 |
Making It for Men | 24 |
Damned if You Do and Damned if You Dont | 40 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Writing Or the Sex?, Or, Why You Don't Have to Read Women's Writing to Know It's No Good Athene series : an international collection of feminist Athene series |
| Author | Dale Spender |
| Publisher | Pergamon Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0080331807, 9780080331805 |
| Length | 220 pages |
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