The Resisting Reader A Feminist Approach to American Fiction [Paperback]

Fetterleys questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past. Womens Studies International Quarterly

... thoughtful, informed, and well written. Choice

Preface
Introduction: On the Politics of Literature

1. Palpable Designs: Four American Short Stories
An American Dream: Rip Van Winkle
Growing Up Male in America: I Want to Know Why
Women Beware Science: The Birthmark
A Rose for A Rose for Emily

2. A Farewell to Arms: Hemingways Resentful Cryptogram
3. The Great Gatsby: Fitzgeralds droit de seigneur
4. The Bostonians: Henry Jamess Eternal Triangle
5. An American Dream: Hula, Hula, Said the Witches

Notes