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A extremely industrious and edifying study. A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists From Bronte to Lessing by Elaine Showalter. 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. Showalter’s knowledge of British women’s literature is impressively broad, and the blend of textual history and analysis is rather satisfying. A great introduction into the topic. Elaine Showalter. Furthermore, I found almost all of the chapter on Woolf creepy, for lack of a better word. Despite all of this, it is an extremely important book, and it’s more materialist approach provides a useful foil to the more post-structuralist feminist criticism. �-��1!o��7!��
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Princeton University Press, 1977 - Literary Criticism - 378 pages. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers in England. LibraryThing is een catalogiseer- en -sociale netwerksite voor boekenliefhebbers �,B?t���,�'د�*�~���
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She hails the British women's suffrage movement as a historical and literary period that gal- … However I did find some of the analysis, the comparisons between Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot in particular, to be something of a reach. 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. 0000120714 00000 n
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-04916-2_15 In all of her recent writing, Showalter has sought to illuminate a "cultural model of female writing," distinguishable from male models and theories. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. Showalter brings interesting points about Woolf's physicality to light, but I think she does so at the expense of relegating her literature to a kind of anti-autobiography -- only interesting as an exploration of all the ways she should have written about herself (overtly) but didn't. What makes this work so special is the way Elaine Showalter presents her chosen writers. It was one of the most influential works in feminist criticism, as it sought to establish a distinctive tradition for women writers. Princeton, New Jersey 08540 0000002666 00000 n
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It will remain for a very long time a book to refer to again and again for both information and ideas. Showalter is one of the few scholars who can make her readers rush to their bookshelves to refute her point, or simply to experience again. Woolf is not shying away from her perception of truth and femininity; she's looking it in the face. I read it for a reading challenge task but it wasn't at all what I thought I was getting. Introduction. There was a lot of discussion of her biography and her body (especially menstruation/menopause). Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. Start by marking “A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists From Brontë to Lessing” as Want to Read: Error rating book. 0000005121 00000 n
Down a George Eliot rabbit hole, I read about half this book, mostly for the Eliot content. Really solid examination of women's writing (even though that is kind of a cringe category) from Charlotte Bronte to Doris Lessing. This was an important text through the '80's, when I studied Victorian Lit. Beijing 100016, P.R. China endstream
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And I think Showalter simply doesn't understand. “Now we are free to come and go as we please, not in sorrow but in laughter.”, Plan: Books about gender, madness, and religion. In 1977, Showalter published A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing. startxref
It is truly seminal in many of its ideas, and forms a brave attempt at finding and (re)creating a sense of feminine heritage in literature. A extremely industrious and edifying study. Directions, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock 0000004285 00000 n
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A concept introduced by Elaine Showalter in Towards a Feminist Poetics gynocriticism refers to a kind of criticism with woman as writer/producer of textual meaning, as against woman as reader (feminist critique). 2A Jiangtai Road, Chaoyang District Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but … "A Literature of Their Own places the women novelists everyone has heard of ... in a new setting, considering them in relation to their relatively unknown female contemporaries. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers in England. 2 Reviews. 0000001036 00000 n
I was interested in British female novelists but didn't understand that what I was getting was feminism in those novelists. In Lady Audley's Secret (1862) Mary Braddon's bigamous heroine deserts her child, pushes husband number one down a well, thinks about poisoning husband number two, and sets fire to a hotel in which her other male acquaintances are residing. Mi first book of 2019 is for the uni haha. Reading such encyclopedic surveys can be a distinct pleasure when, in this case, it is enlivened by Showalter's passionate advocacy for her subject and sprinkled throughout with her knowledge and wisdom. It was refreshing to see the views other women writers had for Charlotte Brontë or Virginia Woolf for example, and it was eye-opening to dive into the criticism these gifted women faced because they ''dared'' to break the chain. She is one of the founders of feminist literary criticism in United States academia, developing the concept and practice of gynocritics. "—Patricia Meyer Spacks, The New York Times Book Review, "Ought to be required reading for anyone who cares about women or the history of the novel. The book impresses the reader with Showalter’s groundwork to revive the interest in long-forgotten women writers in British literature history. She has written and edited many books, including The Female Malady: Women, Madness and Society 1830-1980, Sister's Choice: Tradition and Change in American Women's Writing, Scribbling Women: Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women, and Hystories . x�b```f``�d`e`�`d@ A����V�
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A classic of feminist criticism, its impact continues to be felt today. 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. resources including these platforms: 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. H�tT�n�0��S�KGj\�$��c�*� 1.��k��DJ�U���Kpl��2 ��N�s�����nrYLfE!�C�4���gA *3�ZS�1 �n�`=a�1&�X��Ċ��YTu��-�^o�n�+���^'�Z2MRI9����t�Gׂ`\M�[���g�r Be the first to ask a question about A Literature of Their Own. United States Morrissey L. (2005) Elaine Showalter (1941–) from “The Female Tradition,” A Literature of Their Own (1977). It both confirms and refutes the idea that there is such a thing as "women's literature" It pleased the former English major in me. 0000004386 00000 n
An exquisite volume of essays about some of the most prominent, and also, some of the most obscure, British women writers. Listen to the latest episodes. I read it for a reading challenge task but it wasn't at all what I thought I was getting. A classic of feminist criticism, its impact continues to be felt today. _ I'd have loved to see earlier female authors dealt with, of course--Delarivier Manley, Eliza Haywood, Frances Burney et al.--and I'd also have been interested to see some more in-depth case studies of actual novels; Showalter's strategy is to range widely over. What makes this work so special is the way Elaine Showalter presents her ... During a heat wave you would think I'd be reading something light and "beachy" but no, I've been reading this serious critical look at British women novelists from Bronte to Lessing from a feminist ... A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing, A Literature of Their Own: From Charlotte Brontë to Doris Lessing, A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing. %%EOF
I slogged through it to finish my task but if it hadn't been for the reading challenge I never would have gotten past the first chapter or two. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers in England.
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