What Can Literature Do? Simone de Beauvoir as a Literary Theorist Author(s): Toril Moi Source: PMLA, Vol. 124, No. 1 (Jan., 2009), pp. 189-198 Published by: Modern Language Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25614258 Accessed: 14-10-2016 11:31 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms Modern Language Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to PMLA This content downloaded from 147.46.6.124 on Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:31:17 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms