Download or read book A Handbook of Literary Feminisms written by Hari Benstock and published by . This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together two distinct threads of literary feminism: literary history & feminist criticism & theory. Offers a history of women's contributions to Anglo-Amer. lit. over the past 500 years. Charts the social, cultural, & historical conditions that both shaped women's writing & prevented it from being recognized or valued by literary history. Provides an explan. & analysis of trends in feminist criticism & theory, focusing on how feminist approaches to women's texts have incorporated theoretical investigations of sexuality, subjectivity, & ideology. Supplemented by a time line, a glossary of key terms, & bibliographies of primary & secondary sources, this book is an ideal text for courses in women's studies, women's literature, feminist studies, & gender studies.