To read the madwoman in the attic the first time round was thrilling as though you d been introduced to a secret code in women s literature hiding in plain sight.
Madwoman in the attic novel.
In the 700 page text gilbert and gubar use the figure of bertha mason as the so called madwoman in the attic to make an argument about perceptions toward female literary characters during the time period.
It is considered a landmark of feminist.
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 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.
Gilbert and gubar draw their title from charlotte brontë s jane eyre in which rochester s wife is kept secretly locked in an attic apartment by her husband.