Contemporary Women Writers Look Back: From Irony to Nostalgia (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Contemporary Women's Re-writing 1. The Politics of Parody: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye 2. 'Some books are not read in the right way': Parody and Reception in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook 3. Parodic Self-Narratives: Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle and The Blind Assassin 4 Inheritances: Zadie Smith's On Beauty 5 The Politics of Nostalgia: Jane Austen Recycled 6 Afterword: Belatedness Endnotes Bibliography Index