"The signed entries are generously full...Offers a solid overview of the field as of the mid-1990s." -- Literary Research Guide "Schools with strong women's studies programs will find this an invaluable source for understanding the foundations of feminist literary theory." -- he Bookwatch "An essential complement to...surveys of literary theory." -- Rettig on Reference "The range of topics covered in this single volume is impressive. Overall, the Encyclopedia would make a good addition to any reference collection." -- Feminist Collections
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace is Assistant Professor of English and Director of Women's Studies at Boston College. She is the author of Their Father' s Daughters:Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth and Patriarchal Complicity;Consuming Subjects: British Women and Consumer Culture1720-l820; and is co-editor of Refiguring the Father: NewFeminist Readings of Patriarchy.