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Greatness Engendered

Author

Booth, Alison

Year

1992

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Type

BOOK

Category

Literary Criticism

Language

English

Pages

332

ISBN

978-1-50172-279-0

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09-Sep-2024

Keywords

LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors;LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English Irish Scottish Welsh;LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist

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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.

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