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Showalter is a specialist in Victorian literature and the fin de siècle (turn of the 20th century). Her most innovative work in this field is in madness and hysteria in literature, specifically in women's writing and in the portrayal of female characters. She is the Avalon Foundation Professor Emerita.
Elaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American literary critic and teacher and founder of gynocritics, a school of feminist criticism concerned with “woman as writer…with the history, themes, genres, and structures of literature by women.”
' Toward a Feminist Poetics ' is a groundbreaking essay by Elaine Showalter. The essay was first presented in 1978 as an introductory lecture on the first series on literature and women at University of Oxford. It was published in 1979.
Elaine Showalter (b. 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and cultural commentator who pioneered feminist literary criticism in the U.S. with her concept of gynocritics,...
Elaine Showalter: ‘Towards a Feminist Poetics’. Chapter. pp 216–220. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. K. M. Newton. 1123 Accesses. 5 Citations. Abstract. Feminist criticism can be divided into two distinct varieties.
Feminism, History, Literary Criticism. edit data. Elaine Showalter is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues. She is one of the founders of feminist literary criticism in United States academia, developing the concept and practice of gynocritics.
Professor of English, Emeritus. Email. ecshowalter@gmail.com. Since retiring in 2003, Elaine Showalter has been dividing her time between Washington, D.C. and London, where she was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Of Literature.
Elaine Showalter was the chair of the 2007 International Booker Prize judges. She is an American literary critic, feminist and writer.
Jan 17, 1999 · Elaine Showalter. Princeton University Press, Jan 17, 1999 - Literary Criticism - 347 pages. When first published in 1977, A Literature of Their Own quickly set the stage for the creative...
Mar 20, 2001 · Elaine Showalter. Simon and Schuster, Mar 20, 2001 - Social Science - 384 pages. Sure to take its place alongside the literary landmarks of modern feminism, Elaine Showalter's brilliant,...
