Cross-Gendered Literary Voices - by R Kim & C Westall (Hardcover)

About the Book

"This book investigates male writers' use of female voices and female writers' use of male voices in literature and theatre from the 1850s to the present, examining where, how and why such gendered crossings occur and what connections may be found between these crossings and specific psychological, social, historical and political contexts"--

Book Synopsis

This book investigates male writers' use of female voices and female writers' use of male voices in literature and theatre from the 1850s to the present, examining where, how and why such gendered crossings occur and what connections may be found between these crossings and specific psychological, social, historical and political contexts.

Review Quotes

'This innovative collection of essays provides a timely reminder that gender is not just seen and read, but also spoken and heard. Cross-Gendered Voices will be appeal to anyone interested in listening out for how identities have been articulated in and beyond the female-male binary in literature since the nineteenth-century.' - Dr Heike Bauer, Senior Lecturer in English and Gender Studies, Birkbeck, University of London

About the Author

SANJA BAHUN Lecturer, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex, UK JOANNE BISHTON Associate Lecturer, School of Humanities, University of Derby, UK DAVID BRAUNER Reader, Department of English and American Literature, University of Reading, UK SARAH HAYDEN Doctoral Candidate, Department of English and French, University of Cork, Ireland MILES LEESON Sessional Lecturer, Centre for Studies in Literature, University of Portsmouth, UK MARK LLEWELLYN Professor in English Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK CLAIRE NALLY Lecturer in Twentieth Century Literature, University of Northumbria, UK BRYONY RANDALL Lecturer in English Literature, University of Glasgow, UK MADELEINE WOOD Sessional Lecturer, Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick, UK