Andrea Dworkin
(1946 -)
American nonfiction writer, novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet.
Andrea Dworkin: Introduction
Andrea Dworkin: Principal Works
Andrea Dworkin: Primary Sources
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In the following review, Mall offers tempered criticism of Ice and Fire and Intercourse.
According to Publishers Weekly, Andrea Dworkin's first novel, Ice and Fire, was turned down by 20 Ame...
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In the following review, Heller offers unfavorable assessment of Mercy.
In 1983, Andrea Dworkin gave a speech to students at Hamilton College in upstate New York. "I represent the morbid sid...
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In the following review, Steiner offers tempered criticism of Mercy. According to Steiner, "Ms. Dworkin's argument, proceeding from pain, may be moving, but it is also intolerant, simpli...
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In the following review, Kaveney offers tempered criticism of Mercy, which she describes as "an ambitious novel." Kaveney writes, "The real failure of this book is not in the chea...
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In the following review, Bell offers favorable assessment of Mercy. Bell praises Dworkin as "a brilliant and passionate theoretician" whose "anger is a polished and dangerous inst...
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In the following review, Jenefsky offers a favorable evaluation of Mercy. According to Jenefsky, "The result is a work of artistic integrity that, in the manner of Dworkin's body of writ...
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In the following review, Dunlap offers positive assessment of Mercy.
The urgency and rage that suffuse Andrea Dworkin's writing leave little room for savoring the distinctions between pre- a...
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In the following interview, Dworkin discusses formative events in her life, her writings, and her views on pornography and free speech.
[Michael Moorcock:] You were born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1...
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In the following review, Futrelle offers an unfavorable assessment of Life and Death.
To read Andrea Dworkin is to enter into an alternate universe.
In her Amerika—yes, she still spells t...
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In the following review, Golden offers praise for Life and Death.
Twenty-five years ago, after a feminist helped her escape from her brutally violent husband in Europe, Andrea Dworkin made a vow: &...
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In the following review, Nussbaum comments on Life and Death and provides sustained analysis of the philosophical, legal, and moral dimensions of Dworkin's case against pornography.
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In the following excerpt, Mullarkey offers unfavorable assessment of Intercourse, which she describes as "a hate-mongering tantrum."
Is pornography a sex aid, like a dildo, hence unde...
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In the following essay, Jenefsky and Russo examine Dworkin's political methods and rhetorical discourse as an antipornography activist. According to the critics, Dworkin's approach cente...
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In the following review, Sage provides tempered criticism of Intercourse.
By the time Swift's Gulliver paddles away from Houyhnhnm-land in his Yahoo-skin canoe, he is so consumed with self-d...
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In the following review, Tiefer offers qualified endorsement of Intercourse. "Dworkin's book," Tiefer concludes, "deserves appreciation and study for its challenging depict...
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In the following review, Lee offers unfavorable assessment of Letters from a War Zone, which she dismisses as "an appalling book."
This is an appalling book, and it is hard not to be ...
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In the following review, Harrold summarizes Dworkin's view of sexual inequality in Intercourse.
All right, strap on those crampons, and into the Abyss! How does intercourse relate to the sta...
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In the following review, Dickstein offers tempered criticism of Letter from a War Zone. According to Dickstein, "Much of what Andrea Dworkin has to say is important—whether you agree wit...
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In the following interview, Dworkin comments on pornography and contemporary feminist protest.
[Gail Dines:] Why did you have to go to England to get Letters from a War Zone published originally?
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In the following essay, Russo and Torres provide a positive overview of Dworkin's feminist perspective and political activism through analysis of Letters from a War Zone.
The following retro...
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Dworkin, Andrea
Critical Review by Janice Mall
