The fiction of sex: Themes and functions of sex difference in the modern novel

by Rosalind Miles

208 pages, Loose Leaf

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Rosalind Miles is an author born and raised in England and now living in both Los Angeles and Kent, England. She has written both works of fiction and non-fiction. As a child, Miles suffered from polio, and had to undergo several months of treatment. After being accepted to a junior women's college, Miles acquired a working knowledge of Latin and Greek, along with developing her life-long love of Shakespeare. At seventeen, she was promoted to St. Hilda's College, Oxford where she studied English literature, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Latin and French. She obtained five degrees in all, ending with a Ph.D. from the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham.

Miles later on became interested in jurisprudence, which resulted in her sitting as a lay magistrate in the English criminal and family courts, and eventually on the bench in a superior court in Coventry. She is also a regular commentator on the BBC, on Canadian Radio, and in The Times.

Reviews

[Shallowreader VaVeros · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a well-written critique on the depiction of sex in literature. As it was written in the 1970s it is a historical perspective. However, the lack of analysis of commercial romance (which is acknowledged) makes it an incomplete study.