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"To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tackling science fictuion using postmodern theory, which makes for a much more sophisticated and nuanced appraisal than the usual fare." --Passion
"Russ' essays are witty and insightful. An excellent book for any writer or reader." --Feminist Bookstore News
"In her new book of essays . . . Russ continues to debunk and demand, edify and entertain. . . . Appreciative of surface aesthetics, she continually delves deeper than most critics, yet in terms so simple and accessible that her essays read like lively, angry, humorous dialogues conducted face-to-face with the author. Russ is the antithesis of the distant critic in her ivory tower." --Paul Di Filippo, The Washington Post Book World
" . . . 20 years of the author's feisty reports from the front lines of literature." --The San Francisco Review of Books
"This is a book of imaginative and provoking essays, but you should read it for the sheer fun of it." --The Women's Review of Books
"Collects more than two decades of criticism by Joanna Russ, one of the most perceptive, forthright and eloquent feminist commentators around." --Feminist Bookstore News
" . . . a super book. . . .This is a book that, for once, really will appeal to readers of all kinds." --Utopian Studies
"If you enjoy science fiction, this is definitely a book that you'll want to talk about. I found myself sneaking a few pages at times when I really didn't have time to read." --Jan Catano, Atlantis
Classic essays on science fiction and feminism by Nebula and Hugo award-winning Joanna Russ. Here she ranges from a consideration of the aesthetic of science fiction to a reading of the lesbian identity of Willa Cather. To Write Like a Woman includes essays on horror stories and the supernatural, feminist utopias, popular literature for women (the "modern gothic"), and the feminist education of graduate students in English.
Author: Joanna Russ
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 06/22/1995
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.96h x 5.96w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780253209832
ISBN10: 0253209838
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Women's Studies
About the Author
JOANNA RUSS has published science-fiction novels, short stories, and criticism for thirty-five years and has been active as a feminist for twenty-five. Her books include The Female Man, The Two of Them, How to Suppress Women's Writing, and Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts: Feminist Essays.
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