Plath, on the other hand, addresses women’s social constraints and mental health issues in The Bell Jar. Contemporary writers, such as Margaret Atwood and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, are addressing ...

Contemporary Women Writers introduces students to American women writers of the last fifty years. We examine the historical,socio-cultural, political, and personal influences on these writers' work by ...

Learning about the ways in which women writers negotiated early modern literary institutions provides an excellent way into thinking about the relationship between the literary canon and gender. The ...

The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England is the eagerly-awaited study by the feminist scholar who was among the first to address the issue of early modern female homoeroticism. Valerie ...