Communities of Women: An Idea in Fiction - Hardcover

Auerbach, Nina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674151682 ISBN 13: 9780674151680

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1978

Synopsis

Novels by Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Henry James are among those considered in a study of changing visions of and attitudes toward women in fiction

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this classic work of feminist and literary criticism, Auerbach explores how the fellowship of sisterhood as it occurs or fails to occur in historical reality is reflected in famous novels such as those of Louisa May Alcott (Little Women), Charlotte Bronte (Villette), Henry James (The Bostonians), Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice) and Muriel Spark (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie). This is a fascinating study of the complex attitudes of communities of women which are distinct from the long-honored traditions of the bonding of brothers.

Review:

Wright surveys the labyrinth over centuries with ears unplugged, listening for the music it inspired I The Maze and the Warrior is quite a book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0674151682
• ISBN 13: 9780674151680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224