title: Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (6 volume set)
author: Jessica Bomarito
description: This is the third in the Gale Critical Companion (GCC) series, joining <i>The Harlem Renaissance</i> (2002) and <i>The Beat Generation</i> (2003). The series is aimed at upper high-schoolers and undergraduates, with this set taking an in-depth look at the history of women and feminism throughout literature. Feminism is defined here as "a loose confederation of social, political, spiritual, and intellectual movements that places women and gender at the center of inquiry with the goal of social justice."
zlib_text: OXFORD STUDIES IN CLASSICAL
  LITERATURE AND GENDER THEORY
  General Editors
  David Konstan
  Alison Sharrock
  
  Oxford Studies in Classical Literature and Gender Theory pub-
  lishes substantial scholarly works of feminist literary research,
  which offer a gender-sensitive perspective across the whole range
  of Greek and Roman literature, from Homer and Augustine. The
  series welcomes studies of any genre, whether verse or prose,
  whether approached thematically or by author. The Editors are
  particularly keen to encourage feminist readings of texts which
  have not in the past received much attention from a gender-
  sensitive perspective. It is expected that contributors to the series
  will express the theoretical principles that inform their approach,
  but the series does not impose a single line or monolithic view-
  point. Feminist criticism is understood minimally as presupposing
  that the mental and moral capacities of women and men are not
  significantly different, and as recognizing that the explicit 