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

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AuthorGilbert, Professor Sandra M.,Gubar, Professor Susan
PublisherYale University Press
Bindingpaperback
PublishedSeptember 10, 1980
Editionfirst--2d printing
LanguageEnglish
Pages733
ISBN-100300025963
ISBN-139780300025965
Weight2.3 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
1.7 in × 6.4 in × 9.5 in

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

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Discusses The Works Of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, And Emily Dickinson. Pt. 1. Toward A Feminist Poetics: The Queen's Looking Glass: Female Creativity, Male Images Of Women, And The Metaphor Of Literary Paternity -- Infection In The Sentence: The Woman Writer And The Anxiety Of Authorship -- The Parables Of The Cave -- Pt. 2. Inside The House Of Fiction: Jane Austen's Tenants Of Possibility: Shut Up In Prose: Gender And Genre In Austen's...

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Discusses The Works Of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, And Emily Dickinson. Pt. 1. Toward A Feminist Poetics: The Queen's Looking Glass: Female Creativity, Male Images Of Women, And The Metaphor Of Literary Paternity -- Infection In The Sentence: The Woman Writer And The Anxiety Of Authorship -- The Parables Of The Cave -- Pt. 2. Inside The House Of Fiction: Jane Austen's Tenants Of Possibility: Shut Up In Prose: Gender And Genre In Austen's Juvenilia -- Jane Austen's Cover Story (and Its Secret Agents) -- Pt. 3. How Are We Fal'n?: Milton's Daughters: Milton's Bogey: Patriarchal Poetry And Women Readers -- Horror's Twin: Mary Shelley's Monstrous Eve -- Looking Oppositely: Emily Brontë's Bible Of Hell -- Pt. 4. The Spectral Selves Of Charlotte Brontë: A Secret, Inward Wound: The Professor's Pupil -- A Dialogue Of Self And Soul: Plain Jane's Progress -- The Genesis Of Hunger: According To Shirley -- The Buried Life Of Lucy Snowe -- Pt. 5. Captivity And Consciousness In George Eliot's Fiction: Made Keen By Loss: George Eliot's Veiled Vision -- George Eliot As The Angel Of Destruction -- Pt. 6. Strength In Agony: Nineteenth-century Poetry By Women: The Aesthetics Of Renunciation -- A Woman -- White: Emily Dickinson's Yarn Of Pearl. Sandra M. Gilbert And Susan Gubar. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.


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