Women Driven Mad

This book offers an in-depth analysis as to how and why women have been widely associated with madness since ancient times. The first part of the book comprises a historical survey of various perceptions of madness across the centuries, while the second part of the book covers a wide selection of literary works by American and English writers

This book offers an in-depth analysis as to how and why women have been widely
associated with madness since ancient times. The first part of the book comprises a
historical survey of various perceptions of madness across the centuries, while the
second part of the book covers a wide selection of literary works by American and
English writers who dealt with this subject in their works. In this part of the book,
the authors examine selected works of literature from a feminist perspective by
also drawing on the works of influential theorists of feminist criticism. The authors
further show how these writers, who have been influenced by various philosophers
and theoreticians, critically examine women's madness in their fiction.

Autorentext

Gönül Bakay is a professor at Bahçes ehir University, Turkey. Her teaching expertise
covers women's studies, Gothic novel and English literature from the 18th century
to the present. She is a member of the Women's Studies Center of I stanbul University,
of M.S.E.A, BSECS and a member of the board of directors of K.A.D. (Cultural
Studies Club).

Handan Dedehayir, who has managed the publishing and translation activities of
various institutions following her education in psychology, provided a background
to the examples of women's madness in English and American literature that is the
backbone of the book.

Inhalt
English literature Women studies Madness Women literature Gender studies Margery Kempe Mary Wollstonecraft Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Mary Elizabeth Braddon Charlotte Perkins Gilman Virginia Woolf Jean Rhys Daphne du Maurier Doris Lessing Kate Milett Phyllis Chesler Marge Piercy Joanne Greenberg Kay Redfield Jamison Joan Didion Nawal el Saadawi Shirtley Jackson Sylvia Plath Elizabeth Flock Susanna Kaysen.