A Literature of Their Own
Author | : Elaine Showalter |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2020-12-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691221960 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691221960 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: When first published in 1977, A Literature of Their Own quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers in England. A classic of feminist criticism, its impact continues to be felt today. This revised and expanded edition contains a new introductory chapter surveying the book's reception and a new postscript chapter celebrating the legacy of feminism and feminist criticism in the efflorescence of contemporary British fiction by women.