Gender and reading : essays on readers, texts, and contexts

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Gender and reading : essays on readers, texts, and contexts

edited by Elizabeth A. Flynn and Patrocinio P. Schweickart

Johns Hopkins University Press, c1986

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  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Bibliography: p. 289-303

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: cloth ISBN 9780801829055

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If reading constitutes an active process of producing meaning, as many theorists contend, what impact does gender have on that process? In twelve essays, specialists in literature and psychology explre the many dimensions of this question. The result is a highly provocative encounter between feminist and reader-response criticsm, an articulation provising significant insights for both fields. Gender and Reading comprises three interdependent sections. The first presents the central theoretical issues: gender as a factor in perception, gender as an incription in both text and reader, and sexual orientation as a source of identity in a female reader's interaction with a text. The second section focuses on particualr literary works, written by both men and women and representing various historical periods from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Finally, the book examines the significance of gender in the actual reading behavior. These chapters include descriptions of reasearch among different types and groupd of readers. As the first book-length study of the relationship between gender and reading, this volume makes substantial contributions to women's studies and literary theory. Its unique synthesis enlarges the scope and critical power of both reader-response and feminist thought.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I. Research and Theory Chapter 1. The Reader's Consturction of Meaning: Cognitive Research on Gender and Comprehension Chapter 2. Reading Ourselves: Toward a Feminist Theory of Reading Chapter 2. Ourself behind Ourself: A Theory for Lesbian Readers Part II. Texts Chapter 4. Taking the Gold Out of Egypt: The Art of Reading as a Woman Chapter 5. Fathers and Daughters:" Women as Readers of the Tatler Chapter 6. Malraux's Women: A Re-vision Chapter 7. Reading about Reading: "A Jury of Her Peers," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Yellow Wallpaper" Chapter 8. "As the Twig Is Bent . . .": Gender and Childhood Reading Part III. Readers Chapter 10. Gothic Possibilities Chapter 11. Gender Interests in Reading and Language Chaper 12. Gender and Reading A Selected Annotated Bibliography Contributors
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780801829079

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"An unprecedented encounter between feminist criticism, reading-research and reader-response criticism...I found 'Gender and Reading' a valuable book to read as a feminist critic. Valuable because it asserts our rights, as women, to read; to read as women. Valuable because it begins a dialogue among so many varieties of criticism and theory."--Susan Squier, 'Women's Review of Books.'

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I. Research and Theory Chapter 1. The Reader's Consturction of Meaning: Cognitive Research on Gender and Comprehension Chapter 2. Reading Ourselves: Toward a Feminist Theory of Reading Chapter 2. Ourself behind Ourself: A Theory for Lesbian Readers Part II. Texts Chapter 4. Taking the Gold Out of Egypt: The Art of Reading as a Woman Chapter 5. Fathers and Daughters:" Women as Readers of the Tatler Chapter 6. Malraux's Women: A Re-vision Chapter 7. Reading about Reading: "A Jury of Her Peers," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Yellow Wallpaper" Chapter 8. "As the Twig Is Bent . . .": Gender and Childhood Reading Part III. Readers Chapter 10. Gothic Possibilities Chapter 11. Gender Interests in Reading and Language Chaper 12. Gender and Reading A Selected Annotated Bibliography Contributors

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