Re: Barr's works

From: farah mendlesohn (fm7@YORK.AC.UK)
Date: Tue Apr 22 1997 - 10:36:10 PDT


On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:55:48 -0500 lissa bloomer wrote:

> From: lissa bloomer <ebloomer@MAIL.VT.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:55:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: Barr's works
> To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
>
> Mike Levy wrote of M. Barr:
>
> >She's a fine critic, though I wish she were a better prose stylist.
> >
>
> hmm. well, she's a bit hard to follow, but after her 3rd essay, i
found i
> began to think like her writing. (eek?) i'm thinking that she may
write
> less linear than writers of the past. helene cixous suggests that
many
> women writers write cyclically and loopy --- curvy, if you will, which
> mirrors our body consciousness. i like this idea! (though it
suggests some
> major problems, i know.)
>
> can you suggest another fem sci fi critic that works as a better
prose stylist?
>
> -lissa bloomer
>
>

Joanna Russ and Sarah Lefanu also see an article by Amanda
Boulter on James Tiptree Jr. in a recent issue of Foundation. One of
the best pieces of feminist sf criticism I have read in a while.

Farah.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu May 25 2000 - 19:06:04 PDT