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Literary Criticism Women Authors

Rethinking Women's Collaborative Writing

Power, Difference, Property

by (author) Lorraine York

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
May 2002
Category
Women Authors, Semiotics & Theory
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802084651
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $49.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802036230
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $76.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442679313
    Publish Date
    Apr 2002
    List Price
    $84.00

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Description

Collaborative writing is not a new phenomenon, nor is it specific to a particular genre of writing. In Rethinking Women's Collaborative Writing, Lorraine York presents an eminently readable study of the history of collaborative writing and common critical reactions to it. From Early Modern playwrights and poets to nineteenth-century novelists to contemporary writers and literary critics, York's survey focuses on women's collaborative writing in order to expose the long-standing prejudice against this form and to encourage readings of these works that take into account the personalities of the collaborators and the power dynamics of their authorial relationships.

York explores collaborative writing from women in Britain, the United States, Italy and France, illuminating the tensions in the collaborative process that grow out of important cultural, racial, and sexual differences between the authors. Current scholarship on collaborative writing is growing and Rethinking Women's Collaborative Writing presents a strong, thoughtful addition to the literature in the field.

About the author

Lorraine York is Senator William McMaster Chair in Canadian Literature and Culture in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Her most recent books are Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity (2013) and Literary Celebrity in Canada (2007). She is currently at work on a project on reluctant celebrity.

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