false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180308056m/1023066.jpg 1023066 7 Readers of this new, enlarged edition of the classic feminist study of British women novelists will find themselves delighted by Elaine Showalter's astute and acerbic critical intelligence. Showalter is one of the few scholars who can make her readers rush to their bookshelves to refute her point, or simply to experience again <I>Jane Eyre</I>, <I>The Mill on the Floss</I>, or the bitterly illuminating stories of Katherine Mansfield. Her chief innovation is to place the works of famous women writers beside those of the minor or forgotten, building a continuity of influence and inspiration as well as a more complete picture of the social conditions in which women's books have been produced. She has added a new introduction recounting, with justifiable pleasure, how daring and controversial her study seemed when it first appeared in 1977 (and how many enemies it made her). In an afterword, she touches on more recent developments in the women's novel in Britain, including the influence of the dazzling Angela Carter. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 1009299 1977 A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing total:33|5:10|4:11|3:12|2:0|1:0| 33 130 94 3 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 30 19:40:11 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 19:40:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 04 06:48:11 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 07:01:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 20 07:41:39 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 07:44:59 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 21:46:19 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 21:46:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 04:18:19 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 04:18:19 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 09:15:50 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 09:15:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 07:58:14 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 07:58:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 12:42:56 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 12:42:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 20:45:43 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:45:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 16:11:42 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 16:11:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 07:37:54 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 07:38:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 09:04:27 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:04:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 11 07:20:30 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 07:20:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 10:28:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:28:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 10:21:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 10:21:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 15:36:43 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 15:36:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 04:15:16 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 04:15:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 31 06:51:04 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 03:03:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 07:22:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:22:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 04 21:46:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 21:47:10 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1023066