Madwoman In The Attic Literary Insanity

Called a feminist classic by judith shulevitz in the new york times book review this 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.

Madwoman in the attic literary insanity. A common theme in novels is the role of the insane women made famous i believe by the mad women in the attic in jane eyre. The woman writer and the nineteenth century literary imagination is a 1979 book by sandra gilbert and susan gubar in which they examine victorian literature from a feminist perspective. The madwoman in the attic. Bronte charlotte disability studies feminist literary criti cism jane eyre madness mental illness physiognomy over twenty years ago sandra gilbert and susan gubar published the madwoman in the attic a now classic text of early feminist literary criti cism 1978.

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. Gilbert and gubar draw their title from charlotte brontë s jane eyre in which rochester s wife née bertha mason is kept secretly locked in an attic apartment by her husband. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.