The Authority of Experience: Essays in Feminist Criticism

Having collected material for this volume both practically and intuitively, Arlyn Diamond and Lee R. Edwards offer a wide selection of essays addressing the problem of defining feminist criticism and/or dealing with some declaredly feminist way with significant English or American texts. Though diverse by design, rising out of particular critics' concerns with particular authors or problems, the sixteen essays share certain fundamental assumptions about the wider social and moral contexts of literature.