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An Ethic of Innocence
Pragmatism, Modernity, and Women's Choice Not to Know
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Kristen L. Renzi
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
About this book
Offers a feminist theory of ignorance that sheds light on the misunderstood or overlooked epistemic practices of women in literature.
Author / Editor information
Kristen L. Renzi is Associate Professor of English at Xavier University.
Reviews
"An eclectic study with evidence from various genres and periods, An Ethic of Innocence is unified by its groundbreaking focus on 'epistemic innocence' … Highly recommended." — CHOICE
"An Ethic of Innocence recalibrates the critical landscape, revealing blind spots in contemporary models for thinking about knowledge and agency within a feminine context. The author builds a persuasive case from powerful close readings of texts, which invite readers to question their assumptions. I cannot now imagine the field of feminist modernist studies without the interventions of this project." — Barbara Green, author of Feminist Periodicals and Daily Life: Women and Modernity in British Culture
"This is a fascinating and very interesting intervention about the construction of knowledge/innocence within the field of literary studies. Anyone teaching or studying this period will find it of great use." — Stephanie A. Smith, author of Conceived by Liberty: Maternal Figures and Nineteenth-Century American Literature
"An Ethic of Innocence recalibrates the critical landscape, revealing blind spots in contemporary models for thinking about knowledge and agency within a feminine context. The author builds a persuasive case from powerful close readings of texts, which invite readers to question their assumptions. I cannot now imagine the field of feminist modernist studies without the interventions of this project." — Barbara Green, author of Feminist Periodicals and Daily Life: Women and Modernity in British Culture
"This is a fascinating and very interesting intervention about the construction of knowledge/innocence within the field of literary studies. Anyone teaching or studying this period will find it of great use." — Stephanie A. Smith, author of Conceived by Liberty: Maternal Figures and Nineteenth-Century American Literature
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The Collusion between Myth and Reality in the Tale of the Hull House Devil Baby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Reading Women's Choices Not to Know in Realist Bildungsroman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Naturalism's Jaded Women and the Narrative Cycle of Domestic Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Pragmatic Fantasies
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Discourses of (Non)Personhood in Suffrage Poetry and Protest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Fantasies and Melancholic Mourning in Modern Sex Changes and Sex Losses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Belief, Knowledge, and the Modern Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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eBook published on:
September 1, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9781438475981
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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296
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Total Illustrations: 0
eBook ISBN:
9781438475981
Keywords for this book
Literature : Literary Criticism; Literature : Nineteenth-Century Studies; Gender and Sexuality : Gender Studies; Gender and Sexuality : Women's Studies; Cultural Studies : Cultural Studies
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General/trade;
