Literature After Feminism by Rita Felski

This book takes critics of feminist criticism and feminist readings of literature to task. It contends that these critics don't account for the broad variety and nuance of feminist readings (and often set up a straw man that's both unrealistic and easy to attack). Felski looks for better ways to read literature written by and about women. The book addresses a more general (rather than specific) audience and its arguments are necessarily short--it covers a lot of territory in a little amount of time.