Writing a Woman's Life - Softcover

Heilbrun, Carolyn G.; Pollitt, Katha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393331644 ISBN 13: 9780393331646

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

In this modern classic, Carolyn G. Heilbrun builds an eloquent argument demonstrating that writers conform all too often to society's expectations of what women should be like at the expense of the truth of the female experience. Drawing on the careers of celebrated authors including Virginia Woolf, George Sand, and Dorothy Sayers, Heilbrun illustrates the struggle these writers undertook in both work and life to break away from traditional "male" scripts for women's roles.

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Writing a Woman's Life Of the two basic plots that shape our lives, the quest and the erotic script, the quest has been, for centuries, reserved for men only. A woman's journey ended at the altar. Professor Heilbrun notes that the diversity of women's lives now makes it possible for women to dare to choose their own scripts. Full description

Synopsis:

A republication of a classic feminist work on the influence of discrimination on the literary world evaluates the careers of such figures as Virginia Woolf, George Sand, and Dorothy Sayers to reveal how they broke away from traditional depictions of women's roles to more accurately capture the female experience. Reprint.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393331644
• ISBN 13: 9780393331646
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160