Shakespeare's Sisters: Feminist Essays on Women Poets

by Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar (Editor)

"... the best collection of feminist essays on women poets now available." —Spokeswoman Review "[The essays] form a satisfying whole, stunningly enlightening, important for literature and women’s studies.... " —Library Journal The essays in this landmark volume highlight the achievements of "Shakespeare’s sisters," including Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and others.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, Essays, Poetry, Literary Criticism

337 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1979

About the author

Sandra M. Gilbert was an American literary critic and poet who published in the fields of feminist literary criticism, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic criticism. She was best known for her collaborative critical work with Susan Gubar, with whom she co-authored, among other works, The Madwoman in the Attic (1979). Madwoman in the Attic is widely recognized as a text central to second-wave feminism. She was Professor Emerita of English at the University of California, Davis.
Gilbert lived in Berkeley, California, and lived, until 2008, in Paris, France. Her husband, Elliot L. Gilbert, was chair of the Department of English at University of California, Davis, until his death in 1991. She also had a long-term relationship with David Gale, mathematician at University of California, Berkeley, until his death in 2008.

Reviews

[Wendy Price]

I read this book years ago, but find myself referring to it often. It is a compilation of deeply personal expressions on domesticity, sexuality and women who were both insightful and intelligent, despite the restrictions that were imposed during their lives.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still own this - First read in college. Have referred to it quite often. Great book!