Now in its third edition, Feminist Literary Theory remains the most comprehensive, single volume introduction to a vital and diverse field.

• Fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the field over the last decade
• Includes extracts from all the major critics, critical approaches and theoretical positions in contemporary feminist literary studies
• Features a new section, Writing 'Glocal', which covers feminism's dialogue with postcolonial, global and spatial studies
• Revised chapter introductions provide readers with helpful contextual information while extensive notes offer recommendations for further reading

Mary Eagleton is Professor of Contemporary Women's Writing at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. She has published extensively in the field of feminist literary theory and contemporary women's writing, including Feminist Literary Criticism (1991), Working With Feminist Criticism (Wiley-Blackwell, 1996), A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003) and Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (2005). She is founding Co-editor of the journal, Contemporary Women’s Writing.