THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Elaine Showalter
“I Lived a Double Life for a Long Time.”
Professor. Author. Journalist. Literary Critic. Leading scholar of women’s literature. A “founding mother” of the practice of feminist literary criticism. Known for her conceptualization of gynocriticism, a woman-centric approach to literary analysis. Modern Language Association (MLA). President of the Central Jersey chapter of NOW.
Interviewed by Judy Waxman, February 2020
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Photo 1. Dr. Elaine Showalter, professor of English and president of the Central Jersey chapter of NOW leads a discussion at Douglass College on the women’s movement – 1970.
More About Elaine:
- Williams, Jeffrey J. “Rewriting Literary History: An Interview with Elaine Showalter.” symploke, vol. 20 no. 1, 2012, p. 355-370. Project MUSE
- Elaine’s books on Amazon
- Official Publisher Page – Simon & Schuster
- Elaine Showalter, “The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe” Politics & Prose
- Elaine Showalter – New York State Writers Institute
- Literary Review – book reviews by Elaine Showalter
- On C-SPAN
- Elaine’s papers
- Select newspaper clippings 1970-1971