Images of Women in Fiction

IMAGES OF WOMEN IN FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES was, in 1972, the first anthology of feminist literary criticism ever published. The collection includes such classics as Tillie Olsen's groundbreaking essay, "Silences," two classic essays by Joanna Russ, including the first feminist lit. crit. of science fiction, the first serious articles about the writing of May Sarton, Alix Kates Shulman, and Anna Katharine Green, the first woman to write detective fiction "starring" a female sleuth. It has been in print continuously since 1972. Recognized in feminist literary criticism histories as the "starting place" of feminist literary criticism, the editor's commitment to accessible language makes for a book that is delightfully readable.