Toward a Feminist Reading of Herman Melville's Stories About the Material Conditions of Writing

Feminist criticism contributes a stimulating, if still compact, scholarshipin the field of Melville studies. The past three decades of feministstudy have not only revisited questions of Melville and misogyny,but also renewed interest in his short fiction, poetry, andPierre;opened upmultiple signific...

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Autor: Andrés González, Rodrigo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/173127
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/173127
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Feminisme
Feminism
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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Sumario:Feminist criticism contributes a stimulating, if still compact, scholarshipin the field of Melville studies. The past three decades of feministstudy have not only revisited questions of Melville and misogyny,but also renewed interest in his short fiction, poetry, andPierre;opened upmultiple significances of gendered figures in his texts; reconsidered his careerthrough new historical models of authorship; and more. This year's MLA panelprovided the occasion to extend the inquiry in a range of approaches thataddress a range of texts.