The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literacy Imagination

The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literacy Imagination

by Sandra M. Gilbert (Author), Susan Gubar (Author)

Synopsis

In this work of feminist literary criticism the authors explore the works of many major 19th-century women writers. They chart a tangible desire expressed for freedom from the restraints of a confining patriarchal society and trace a distinctive female literary tradition.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 719
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 05 Sep 2000

ISBN 10: 0300084587
ISBN 13: 9780300084580

Author Bio
Sandra M. Gilbert is professor of English at the University of California at Davis. Susan Gubar is professor of English and women's studies at Indiana University. They are the co-authors of the three-volume No Man's Land, also published by Yale University Press.