"A feminist classic."—Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review"A pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."—Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World A pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Li...

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Main Authors:	Gilbert, Sandra M. 1936- (Author), Gubar, Susan 1944- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2020]
Series:	Veritas Paperbacks
Subjects:	Dickinson, Emily > 1830-1886 Geschichte 1800-1900 Schriftstellerin Frauenliteratur Roman Lyrik Englisch Romanschriftstellerin USA Großbritannien English literature / Psychological aspects English literature / Women authors / History and criticism English literature / 19th century / History and criticism Women and literature / Great Britain / History / 19th century Women authors / Psychology Women in literature HISTORY / General
Online Access:	DE-706 Volltext
Summary:	"A feminist classic."—Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review"A pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."—Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World A pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Appignanesi that speaks to how The Madwoman in the Attic set the groundwork for subsequent generations of scholars writing about women writers, and why the book still feels fresh some four decades later Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Veritas Paperback Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. The Queen’s Looking Glass: Female Creativity, Male Images of Women, and the Metaphor of Literary Paternity -- 2. Infection in the Sentence: The Woman Writer and the Anxiety of Authorship -- 3. The Parables of the Cave -- 4. Shut Up in Prose: Gender and Genre in Austen’s Juvenilia -- 5. Jane Austen’s Cover Story (and Its Secret Agents) -- 6. Milton’s Bogey: Patriarchal Poetry and Women Readers -- 7. Horror’s Twin: Mary Shelley’s Monstrous Eve -- 8. Looking Oppositely: Emily Brontë’s Bible of Hell -- 9. A Secret, Inward Wound: The Professor’s Pupil -- 10. A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane’s Progress -- 11. The Genesis of Hunger, According to Shirley -- 12. The Buried Life of Lucy Snowe -- 13. Made Keen by Loss: George Eliot’s Veiled Vision -- 14. George Eliot as the Angel of Destruction -- 15. The Aesthetics of Renunciation -- 16. A Woman—White: Emily Dickinson’s Yarn of Pearl -- Notes -- Index
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource
Format:	Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
ISBN:	9780300252972
DOI:	10.12987/9780300252972