Writing Woman: Women Writers and Women in Literature Medieval to Modern
- Author / Editor
- Delany, Sheila.
Writing Woman: Women Writers and Women in Literature Medieval to Modern
- Published
- New York: Schocken Books, 1983.
- Description
- Marxist rather than feminist, the book of ten essays holds that oppression of women results not merely from male dominance but from economic exploitation. The successful heroine Jehane in the thirteenth-century Franco-Flemish "Flore et Jehane" is credible because the tale reflects the actual social, legal, and educational advantages of the contemporary "femme sole" (chap. 2). For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Writing Woman under Alternative Title.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.