Feminist Theory, Fourth Edition

Josephine Donovan is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maine, USA. She is the author or editor of twelve books, including the groundbreaking Feminist Theory (Continuum, 3rd ed, 2000), Women and the Rise of the Novel, 1405-1726 (St. Martin's Press, 1999), and After the Fall (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989).

• Preface to the Fourth Edition (2012); Preface to the First Edition (1985); 1. Enlightenment Liberal Feminism; 2. Nineteenth-Century Cultural Feminism; 3. Feminism and Marxism; 4. Feminism and Freudianism; 5. Feminism and Existentialism; 6. Radical Feminism; 7. The Moral Vision of Twentith-Century Cultural Feminism; 8. Into the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

"A masterful survey of the philosophical and intellectual roots of contemporary feminism. The author provides lucid comprehensive discussions of the main intellectual traditions of feminist theory.Intelligent, balanced, accurate, and informed, Feminist Theory is a major addition to the canon of feminist literature." (Choice (also named An Outstanding Academic Book in Choice))"