The Resisting Reader

A Feminist Approach to American Fiction

By: Judith Fetterley

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"Fetterley's questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past." --Women's Studies International Quarterly

" . . . thoughtful, informed, and well written." --Choice

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction General Literary Studies Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: On the Politics of Literature	p. xiii
Palpable Designs: Four American Short Stories	p. 1
An American Dream: "Rip Van Winkle"	p. 1
Growing Up Male in America: "I Want to Know Why"	p. 12
Women Beware Science: "The Birthmark"	p. 22
A Rose for "A Rose for Emily"	p. 34
A Farewell to Arms: Hemingway's "Resentful Cryptogram"	p. 46
The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's droit de seigneur	p. 72
The Bostonians: Henry James's Eternal Triangle	p. 101
An American Dream: "Hula, Hula," Said the Witches	p. 154
Notes	p. 190
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