It is considered a landmark of feminist.
Madwoman in the attic introduction.
The woman writer and the nineteenth century literary imagination by sandra gilbert and susan gubar was first published in 1979.
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.
The madwoman in the attic.
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.
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.
Gilbert gubar introduction to the madwoman in the attic 27 september 2015 27 september 2015 patrick rhetorics of madness feminism s madness plus ça change gilbert sandra m and susan gubar.