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Women, Philosophy and Literature

By Jane Duran

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
075465785X, 9780754657859, 9780754687702
Open Library ID
OL10852951M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1099261 bytes)
Pages
225\238
Topic
Literature Literary
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

New work on women thinkers often makes the point that philosophical conceptual thought is where we find it, examples such as Simone de Beauvoir and the nineteenth century Black American writer Anna Julia Cooper assure us that there is ample room for the development of philosophy in literary works but as yet there has been no single unifying attempt to trace such projects among a variety of women novelists. This book articulates philosophical concerns in the work of five well known twentieth century women writers, including writers of color. Duran traces the development of philosophical themes - ontological, ethical and feminist - in the writings of Margaret Drabble, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Toni Cade Bambara and Elena Poniatowska presenting both a general overview of the author's work with an emphasis on traditional philosophical questions and a detailed feminist reading of the work.

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