Jan 3, 2010

Jane Eyre | Compare and Contrast

1840s: Like other creative and intellectual pursuits, novel writing is considered a male preserve. Women such as the Bronte sisters George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), and in France George Sand (Amandine-Aurore Lucille Dupin), write under male pseudonyms in order to have their work taken seriously.
Today: Many of the leading novelists in Britain are women, and they are regarded as the equals of their male counterparts. Major British women novelists include A. S. (Antonia) Byatt, P. D....