A Literature of Their Own
by Elaine Showalter
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA grounded, serious non-fiction book: intricate and slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
About This Book
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 and the development of their fiction from the 1800s onwards.
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- Author
- Elaine Showalter
- Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 378
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- Open Library
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