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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to Jeanette Winterson's writing. This work provides students with a critical guide to Winterson's most commonly studied texts, covering major themes and developments, and issues of style, technique and genre, from a range of contemporary critical and theoretical perspectives.
Trade Review"Covering all Winterson's major works over a period of 20 years, this collection of essays does full justice to the range and challenge of her writing. The attention to both the aesthetics and politics of Winterson's work, the insightfulness of the critical approaches and the lucidity of the style make this a stimulating read." Mary Eagleton, Reader in Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University"
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Winterson and Her Critics - Sonya Andermahr; 1. Storytelling and Feminism - Lucie Armitt; 2. Winterson's Dislocated Discourses - Helena Grice and Tim Woods; 3. Fabulous Bodies - Jane Haslett; 4. Desire and Language - Jennifer Gustar; 5. Reading and the Reader - Ginette Carpenter; 7. Reinventing the Romance - Sonya Andermahr; 8. Religion and Spirituality - Michelle Denby; 9. Wintersonian Masculinities - Philip Tew; 10. Theatre and TV adaptation - Sonia Maria Melchiorre; 10: Winterson's Recent Work: Navigating Realism and Postmodernism - Gavin Keulks; Suggested Further Reading and Web Resources; Index.
