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Greatness Engendered

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Greatness Engendered Synopsis

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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ISBN: 9780801426285
Publication date: 20th February 1992
Author: Alison Booth
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 336 pages
Series: Reading Women Writing
Genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers