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<p>Hi Leslie,</p>
<p>Are you talking about feminist literary theory or literary theory in general?</p>
<p>I have taught courses in both subject. Books I've used recently and found pretty good include the following. If you are not looking for a book but rather an essay, maybe one of the introductions to these would work?<br>
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<p>Feminist literary theory:</p>
<p>Plain and Sellers, eds. <em>A History of Feminist Literary Criticism</em>. Cambridge UP.</p>
<p>Warhol-Down and Price Herndl, eds. <em>Feminisms Redux</em>, Rutgers UP.</p>
<p>Feminist Theory:</p>
<p>Susan Archer Mann, <em>Doing Feminist Theory: From Modernity to Postmodernity</em>, Oxford UP.</p>
<p>Rosemarie Tong, <em>Feminist Thought</em>, Westview, 4th edition is dated 2013.</p>
<p>McCann and Kim,eds., <em>Feminist Theory Reader,</em> Routledge.</p>
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<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Diana</p>
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<p>Diana L. Swanson, Ph.D.</p>
<p>Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English</p>
<p>Faculty Associate of the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy</p>
<p>Northern Illinois University</p>
<p>DeKalb, IL 60115</p>
<p>815-753-6611</p>
<p>dswanson@niu.edu<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+dswanson=niu.edu@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Leslie Hankins <lhankins@cornellcollege.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 5, 2015 11:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Virginia Woolf<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] Seeking current smart intro Fem/Gender Theories</font>
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<div dir="ltr">This is a bit off topic, but I'm stymied. Can anyone help me find a good, basic, up to date introduction to Feminist/Gender Theories that is substantial and inviting? I haven't had much luck with chapters in Intro to Theory books--Feminist
Theory seems to often get a once-over-lightly & I'd like something that covers both.
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<div>Thanks in advance, leslie</div>
<div>I appreciate any and all help. You can reply off line to my <a href="mailto:lhankins@cornellcollege.edu">
lhankins@cornellcollege.edu</a> address.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#9900ff" face="garamond, serif">Leslie Kathleen Hankins</font>
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<div><font color="#9900ff" face="garamond, serif" size="2"><i>"Moreover, however interesting facts may be, they are an inferior form of fiction, & gradually we become impatient of their weakness & diffuseness, of their compromises & evasions, of the slovenly
sentences which they make for themselves, and are eager to revive ourselves with the greater intensity & truth of fiction."
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<div><font color="#9900ff" face="garamond, serif"> Virginia Woolf, "How Should One Read a Book?"</font></div>
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