Beauty in the eye of Greer.Byline: KATE STANTON FORMER University of Warwick In the 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution.[3] More recently, the University has been seen as a favoured institution of the British New Labour government. professor and staunch feminist Germaine Greer is once again enjoying controversy with her new book, The Boy. The outspoken Aussie's latest offering is a glossy coffee table publication which celebrates the beauty of males in their transitory period between childhood and manhood. Critics' objections have ranged from the subject matter itself to the actual literary merit Literary merit is a quality of written work, generally applied to the genre of literary fiction. A work is said to have literary merit (to be a work of art) if it is a work of quality, that is if it has some aesthetic value. of the book. A lecturer at Warwick since the 1960s, it was while she was there that Greer wrote her first and probably best known book The Female Eunuch. The now feminist classic put the author at the forefront of the women's movement women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage. women's movement Diverse social movement, largely based in the U.S., seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, personal lives, and politics. , a role she took on with relish. The 64-year-old left her post as Professor of English and Comparative Studies at Warwick at the end of last month. She lives in a farmhouse in Essex. Student Union press officer Jenny Murray confirmed the book would be sold in bookshops on campus. A spokesperson for Waterstone's said: "We will be selling the book as we are a stockist stock·ist n. Chiefly British A commercial retailer or wholesaler that stocks merchandise. stockist Noun Commerce Brit a dealer who stocks a particular product Noun of specialist ranges and will sell anything that is legally in print. We are not for censorship, and there is controversy over lots of books. "It is up to the customer to decide what they want to buy. "It is actually quite a technical book which is art focused." Germaine Greer was unavailable for comment. The Boy is published by Thames and Hudson, priced pounds 29.95. BOOK REVIEWS, Page 26 in Weekend CAPTION(S): CAUSING A STIR: Germaine Greer and below, her new book |
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