Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary

If the author is "dead," if feminism is "post-," why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors--including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee, Lurie, Le Guin, Michele Roberts, Shields, Spark, Weldon, Walker--this study explores the complexity and continuing fascination of this figure.

Mary Eagleton is Reader in Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Acknowledgements

viii

Introduction: Birth, Death and Resurrection

1

(14)

Feminism and the Death of the Author

15

(22)

Playing the Field: Women's Access to Cultural Production

37

(21)

Lost and Found: The Making of the Woman Author

58

(18)

Tell Me a Story: Women Oral Narrators

76

(19)

`A Constant State of Tension': Academic Women Authors

95

(20)

Finding the Right Words: Authors of Romantic Fiction

115

(18)

The Reluctant Author

133

(20)

Afterword

153

(3)

Notes

156

(21)

Bibliography

177

(11)

Index

188

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Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction Since 1970

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