Monday, 9 May 2011
How to Explain Away Women's Writing
This is a beautiful summary (bigger version here) of the ways in which the (male) academy and critical establishment have dealt with women writing literature. It's dying out in universities but a glance at the Saturday review pages will show you that it's alive and well in journalism, publishing and popular culture - click to enlarge:
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Yes, she was pretty brilliant, both as critic and as author. Sadly, she is another of the greats who died recently, last weekend, actually.
Damn it! I'm familiar with the argument of this book - it's now standard - but I haven't read it. I've now got it on order.
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