Madwoman In The Attic Introduction

Sandra gilbert and susan gubar introduction.

Madwoman in the attic introduction. But the value of madwoman is. 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. They did it first they did it well and they ll never be forgotten. This new edition contains an introduction titled the madwoman in the academy that is quite simply a delight to read warmly witty.

Sometimes it s hard to believe that it took until the 1970s for people to really think about what rochester s wife bertha mason was doing all locked up in that attic in jane. The madwoman in the attic the woman writer and the nineteenth century originally published in 1979 has long since become a classic one of the most important works of literary criticism of the 20th century. Sandra gilbert and susan gubar are like the mick jagger and keith richards of feminist literary criticism. This new edition contains an introduction titled the madwoman in the academy that is quite simply a delight to read warmly witty.

The madwoman in the attic the woman writer and the nineteenth century originally published in 1979 has long since become a classic one of the most important works of literary criticism of the 20th century.