The History of British Women’s Writing, 1970-Present

1. Introduction
Mary Eagleton, Emma Parker

Part I. Women and Literary Culture

2. Fiction: From Realism to Postmodernism and Beyond
Clare Hanson

3. Poetry on Page and Stage
Jane Dowson

4. Mrs Worthington’s Daughters: Drama
Gabriele Griffin

5. Media Old and New
Deborah Chambers

6. Publishing and Prizes
Gail Low

Part II. Feminism and Fiction: Evolution and Dissent

7. The Grandes Dames: Writers of Longevity
Maroula Joannou

8. ‘The Monstrous Regiment’: Literature and the Women’s Liberation Movement
Imelda Whelehan

9. Writing the F-Word: Girl Power, the Third Wave, and Postfeminism
Rebecca Munford

Part III. Gender and Genre

10. The Gothic: Danger, Discontent, and Desire
Sue Zlosnik

11. Changing the Story: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Myth
Elizabeth Wanning Harries

12. Disputing the Past: Historical Fiction
Jeannette King

13. Life Lines: Auto/biography and Memoir
Linda Anderson

Part IV. Writing the Nation: Difference, Diaspora, Devolution

14. Writing the Nations: Welsh, Northern Irish, and Scottish Literature
Hywel Dix

15. Unsettling the Centre: Black British Fiction
Suzanne Scafe

16. Redefining Britishness: British Asian Fiction
Ruvani Ranasinha

Part V. Writing Now

17. Writing Now
Claire Chambers, Susan Watkins

Nyckelord: Literature, British and Irish Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Gender Studies, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Literary History