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Contemporary Literary Criticism

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American Literature, v. 61, December 1989. Copyright 1989 by the Duke University Press. Reproduced by permission.— Arizona Quarterly, v. 47, winter, 1991 for “‘Signs Too Deep for Words’: Mysteries of Need in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping” by George Toles. Copyright © 1991 by the Regents of the University of Arizona. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Biography, v. 23, spring, 2000. Copyright 2000, by Biography. Reproduced by permission.—Boundary 2, v. 20, spring, 1993. Copyright © 1993 by Duke University Press. Reproduced by permission.— Canadian Literature, no. 132, spring, 1992 for “A Trick with a Glass: Michael Ondaatje’s South Asian Connection” by Chelva Kanaganayakam; no. 132, spring, 1992 for “Destructive Creation: The Politicization of Violence in the Works of Michael Ondaatje” by Christian Bök. Copyright 1992, by Canadian Literature. Both reproduced by permission of the respective authors.—College Composition and Communication, v. 46, October, 1995 for “Toward Postmodern-Feminist Rhetoric and Composition” by Elizabeth A. Flynn. Copyright © 1995 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Contemporary Literature, v. 41, spring, 2000. Copyright © 2000 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Critical Inquiry, v. 25, winter, 1999 for “Critical Response I: What Ails Feminist Criticism? A Second Opinion” by Robyn Wiegman. Copyright © 1999 by Robyn Wiegman. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Critique, v. 30, winter, 1989;

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    Jouve, Nicole Ward. From “Hélène Cixous across the Atlantic: The Medusa as Projection?” in Traveling Theory: France and the United States. Edited by Ieme van der Poel and Sophie Bertho. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press and Associated University Presses, 1999. Copyright © Associated University Presses, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—Messer-Davidow, Ellen. From Disciplining Feminism: From Social Activism to Academic Discourse. Duke University Press, 2002. Copyright © Duke University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Robbins, Ruth. From Transitions: Literary Feminisms. Palgrave, 2000. Reproduced by permission of Palgrave Macmillan.—Watkins, Susan. From Twentieth-Century Women Novelists: Feminist Theory into Practice. Palgrave, 2001. Copyright © Susan Watkins. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

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