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Feminist criticism comes in many forms, and feminist critics have a variety of goals. Some are interested in rediscovering the works of women writers overlooked by a masculine-dominated culture. Others have revisited books by male authors and reviewed them from a woman’s point of view to understand how they both reflect and shape the attitudes that have held women back.
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Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography French Feminist Theories
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British and American Feminist Theories
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Marxist and Class Analysis
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Women’s History/Women’s Studies
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Feminism and Sexualities
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Feminism, Race, and Nationality
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Feminist Approaches to Swift
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Swift, J. (1995). Feminist Criticism and Gulliver’s Travels. In: Fox, C. (eds) Gulliver’s Travels. Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-12357-2_4
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