In this modern classic, Carolyn G. Heilbrun builds an eloquent argument demonstrating that writers conform all too often to society's expectations of what women should be like at the expense of the truth of the female experience. Drawing on the careers of celebrated authors including Virginia Woolf, George Sand, and Dorothy Sayers, Heilbrun illustrates the struggle these writers undertook in both work and life to break away from traditional "male" scripts for women's roles.
- ISBN10 0704341840
- ISBN13 9780704341845
- Publish Date 1 February 1989
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 9 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Women's Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English