Madwoman In The Attic Novel

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.

Madwoman in the attic novel.

The madwoman in the attic. Gilbert and gubar draw their title from charlotte brontë s jane eyre in which rochester s wife is kept secretly locked in an attic apartment by her husband. A 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. To read the madwoman in the attic the first time round was thrilling as though you d been introduced to a secret code in women s literature hiding in plain sight.

The woman writer and the nineteenth century literary imagination by sandra gilbert and susan gubar was first published in 1979. 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. This new edition contains an introduction titled the madwoman in the academy that is quite simply a delight to read warmly witty provocative informative and illuminating joyce carol oates princeton university.