Greatness Engendered George Eliot and Virginia Woolf

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 Georg...

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Auteur principal: Booth, Alison (auth)
Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
Langue:anglais
Publié: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1992
Collection:Reading Women Writing
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 electronic resource (336 p.)
ISBN:33vt-yb21
9781501722790
9781501727771
9780801426285
9781501722806
Accès:Open Access