Speaker's Bureau
//
/

Women Taking Charge: The Rise of the Novel and Resistant Reading

Presented by

One of the most interesting dynamics of eighteenth-century literature is the emergence of women writers. This talk will examine how early women novelists took the stories they inherited from male authors and retold them in ways that were quietly subversive. This process of appropriation and redirection continues today and provides important insight on how art shapes culture.

Found In