* Revised and expanded edition contains a new introductory chapter surveying the book's reception as well as a postscript chapter celebrating the legacy of feminism and feminist criticism in the efflorescence of contemporary British fiction by women
'Elaine Showalter's proceedings in this book, both as historian and as literary critic, are sane, illuminating, fascinating and wise' A.S. BAYATT, THE TIMES
Elaine Showalter is Avalon Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English at Princeton University. She has written and edited many books.
