Provides the first broad introduction to feminist work in classical studies. Including lesbian theory, black feminist theory, American and French feminist theor

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Because the history of classics has been so deeply implicated in androcentric structures of knowledge and patriarchal social patterns, it illustrates with excep

An accessible account of the varieties of feminist thought within the context of the key American texts including Kate Chopin, Alice Walker and Ann Beattie.

Feminism has dramatically influenced the way literary texts are read, taught and evaluated. Feminist literary theory has deliberately transgressed traditional b