Reconstructing Desire

A very fine book-bold, original, informative, and persuasive. The subject is central and significant, not only to feminist scholars and literary critics, but to anyone who reads novels.Gayle Greene, Scripps College A fascinating meditation . . . will be essential reading for anyone interested in language theory, gender studies, and women's literature.Sandra M. Gilbert, University of California, Davis, and Susan Gubar, Indiana University A very fine book--bold, original, informative, and persuasive. The subject is central and significant, not only to feminist scholars and literary critics, but to anyone who reads novels.Gayle Greene, Scripps College "A fascinating meditation . . . will be essential reading for anyone interested in language theory, gender studies, and women's literature.Sandra M. Gilbert, University of California, Davis, and Susan Gubar, Indiana University" "A very fine book--bold, original, informative, and persuasive. The subject is central and significant, not only to feminist scholars and literary critics, but to anyone who reads novels.Gayle Greene, Scripps College" This challenging and beautifully written book will be useful to readers interested in . . . female creativity and in the family."Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature" Should be indispensable reading for anyone interested in reader-response theory or in nineteenth- and twentieth- century women's literature."South Atlantic Review" Challenging and exciting. . . . A stimulating and well-researched work.Margaret Drabble