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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literacy Imagination (Yale Nota Bene) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sm Gilbert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 28947
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 768
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0300084587
Dewey Decimal Number: 820.9928709034
EAN: 9780300084580
ASIN: 0300084587
Publication Date: September 5, 2000
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Dated in Places but still required reading November 20, 2007
Mrs. K. A. Wheatley (Leicester, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book by Gilbert and Gubar was groundbreaking literary criticism when it was first published, and paved the way for an explosion in feminist literary criticism that allowed much existing work to be re-evaluated and enriched by what women had to say
I recently re-read this work, and have to say that some of it is now dated, and the enormous preface to the recent edition does not really add anything to the main body of text, although it does go some way to setting the scene for the research. It seems dated because what Gilbert and Gubar once fought for is now taken for granted by so many, which just shows the success of their achievements.
The majority of the work on the 19th Century novels themselves, particularly the work of Charlotte Bronte is invaluable and always enriching and interesting. Nobody should be able to read these novels without reading these essays because they just make so much sense. The central tenet about the writer and their ability to express the unexpressible aspects of themselves through their literary creations and in particular the character of Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre, is still breathtaking and brilliant. A must read for any serious students of nineteenth century literature.
Feminist lit-crit of the highest order May 26, 2001
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
This is the sort of criticism that expands your impression of literature. The authors cast a fresh light on classic women's writing - Austen, the Brontes, etc - by examining how a woman writer's self-perception is shaped by patriarchy and a mysoginistic tradition, and that the anxiety caused by being 'unfeminine' can be found within the writing. It's also well written enough to be read for fun.
A great insight into Victorian feminism October 3, 1999
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
A must for anyone interested in the feminist aspects of Victorian writing. Gilbert and Gubar explore the writings of canonical Victorian women such as Austen, Eliot and the Bronte sisters with an insight sure to fascinate the academic or just the interested everyday reader.
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