Greatness Engendered: George Eliot and Virginia Woolf - Couverture souple

Booth, Alison

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801499305 ISBN 13 : 9780801499302

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 1992

Synopsis

The egotism that fuels the desire for greatness has been associated exclusively with men, according to one feminist view; yet many women cannot suppress the need to strive for greatness. In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf radically conflicting attitudes on the part of each toward the possibility of feminine greatness. Examining the achievements of Eliot and Woolf in their social contexts, she provides a challenging model of feminist historical criticism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alison Booth is Professor of English at the University of Virginia and Director of the Scholars' Lab at the University of Virginia Library. She is the author of How to Make It as a Woman: Collective Biographical History from Victoria to the Present, winner of the Barbara Penny Kanner Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801499305
• ISBN 13: 9780801499302
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible