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You're not going back far enough. I'm referencing back to the 1700s or so when there was education in the English language that was outside of the Church, becau
by 6stringmerc 10y ago
You're not going back far enough. I'm referencing back to the 1700s or so when there was education in the English language that was outside of the Church, because it did take a while after the Black Plague killed off many of the literate Latin scholars to allow the use of written language to trickle down to Royalty and others, but I've seen enough over the years to know women have earned much respect in literature. Naming a couple names seems futile because distilling "influence" or "respect" into a spreadsheet is fucking bullshit, but being able to say Jane Austen or Mary Shelley or Harper Lee in educated company reflects that there are giants in the field that are reflected upon for the merit of their works.
- cafard 10y agoRespect is far from being domination.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y agoIs that the same Jane Austen who, quoting wiki, "Like many women writers, she chose to publish anonymously" and the same Mary Shelley who published the first edition of Frankenstein anonymously. (You also left out the Brontës, all of whom used male pen names, and, as mentioned elsewhere, Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, aka George Sand). (Also which "Black Plague" are you referring to here? Your mention of "the 1700s" makes me think you mean the one of 1665, but that strikes me as extremely late in the 'there are lots of works written in English' game).
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y agoAlso you may be interested in Joanna Russ' "How to Suppress Women's Writing"