Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation

The essays in this volume discuss narrative strategies employed by international writers when dealing with rape and sexual violence, whether in fiction, poetry, memoir or drama. In developing these new feminist readings of rape narratives, the contributors to this volume aim to incorporate arguments about trauma and resistance in order to establish new dimensions of healing. This book makes a vital contribution to the fields of literary studies and feminism, since while other volumes have focused on retroactive portrayals of rape in literature, to date none has focused entirely on the subversive work that is being done to retheorize sexual violence.

Author: Sorcha Gunne
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/16/2011
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780415896689

About the Author
Zoe Brigley is Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Northampton. Sorcha Gunne is a tutor at the University of Warwick.