Reading Women's Worlds from Christine de Pizan to Doris Lessing: A Guide to Six Centuries of Women Writers Imagining Rooms of Their Own

by Sharon L. Jansen

Book Overview

In this book, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. These imagined women's worlds' may be very small, a single room even, or may be more ambitious, such as the dream of an entire country created for and inhabited exclusively by women. This insightful and accessible book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137386223
• ISBN13: 9781137386229
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"