Magali Cornier Michael is Assistant Professor of English at Duquesne University.

"Michael attacks some very complex and difficult theoretical issues while at the same time addressing the political ramifications on several levels. The book is well-researched, responsive to the work of others on these and allied issues, and makes an important contribution to the academic and literary discussions engaging scholars and writers today." — Eleanor Honig Skoller, Adelphi University

• Acknowledgments 1. Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse The Plural and Constructed Nature of Postmodernism and FeminismThe Relationship between Feminism and PostmodernismFeminism, Postmodernism, and Key Western ConceptsFeminist and Postmodern Fiction 2. The Emergence of Disruptive Strategies in Women's Modernist Fiction 3. Madness and Narrative Disruption in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook 4. Worlds in Confrontation: Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time 5. The Gap between Official History and Women's Histories: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale 6. Fantasy and Carnivalization in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus 7. Feminist-Postmodern Fiction NotesBibliographyIndex

Magali Cornier Michael is Assistant Professor of English at Duquesne University.

"Michael attacks some very complex and difficult theoretical issues while at the same time addressing the political ramifications on several levels. The book is well-researched, responsive to the work of others on these and allied issues, and makes an important contribution to the academic and literary discussions engaging scholars and writers today." — Eleanor Honig Skoller, Adelphi University

• Acknowledgments 1. Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse The Plural and Constructed Nature of Postmodernism and FeminismThe Relationship between Feminism and PostmodernismFeminism, Postmodernism, and Key Western ConceptsFeminist and Postmodern Fiction 2. The Emergence of Disruptive Strategies in Women's Modernist Fiction 3. Madness and Narrative Disruption in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook 4. Worlds in Confrontation: Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time 5. The Gap between Official History and Women's Histories: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale 6. Fantasy and Carnivalization in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus 7. Feminist-Postmodern Fiction NotesBibliographyIndex

Magali Cornier Michael is Assistant Professor of English at Duquesne University.

"Michael attacks some very complex and difficult theoretical issues while at the same time addressing the political ramifications on several levels. The book is well-researched, responsive to the work of others on these and allied issues, and makes an important contribution to the academic and literary discussions engaging scholars and writers today." — Eleanor Honig Skoller, Adelphi University

• Acknowledgments 1. Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse The Plural and Constructed Nature of Postmodernism and FeminismThe Relationship between Feminism and PostmodernismFeminism, Postmodernism, and Key Western ConceptsFeminist and Postmodern Fiction 2. The Emergence of Disruptive Strategies in Women's Modernist Fiction 3. Madness and Narrative Disruption in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook 4. Worlds in Confrontation: Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time 5. The Gap between Official History and Women's Histories: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale 6. Fantasy and Carnivalization in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus 7. Feminist-Postmodern Fiction NotesBibliographyIndex