The Madwoman Can't Speak: Or Why Insanity Is Not Subversive (Reading Women Writing)

By Marta Caminero-Santangelo

Book Overview

In this work, the subversive madwoman first appropriated by feminist theorists and critics is re-evaluated. How, the author asks, can such a figure be subversive if she's effectively imprisoned, silent and unseen? Taking issue with a prominent strand of current feminist literary criticism, Caminero-Santangelo identifies a counternarrative in writing by women in the last half of the 20th century, one which rejects madness, even as a symbolic resolution.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801485142
• ISBN13: 9780801485145
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.5"