Friday, 1 July 2011

Women in Literature

Women in literature were more written about in books back in the day on feminism in literature, since this concept revolved around core book structures of being a downtrodden sex. They tried to bring in the ideology of equality, with men not being the domineering sex. There's been much debate about it over the centuries, and now in most cultures women have their rights, and can command respect from men. It is a controversial arena where men think they have the upper hand, treating women in an uncongenial, overbearing fashion. That is not the case anymore today, where women do not have to fight to be noticed, and secure a place in society where they are not looked down upon. It is those cultures that have risen above the blinded idea of women being a lesser important sex, that are progressing. We look here at authors both men and women who've voiced these certain issues and addressed them openly through women related literature. Feminism has been approached in an upfront manner, covering these must read books of all time.

Feminist Literature

Given here is a list of authors, that over the centuries have written books based on feminism, that date back as far as the 15th century. Also featured here are world famous women for their literary works.

Name of Book     Author Name
The Treasure of the City of Ladies     Christine de Pisan
The Superior Excellence of Women Over Men     Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Se l'egalite des deux sexes     Prancois Poullain de la Barre
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen     Olympe de Gourges
Her Protection for Women     Jane Anger
The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress     Elizabeth Caroline Gray
Indiana     George Sand
Lelia     George Sand
Woman in the Nineteenth Century     Margaret Fuller
The Woman with Prospects     Concepcion Arenal
Jane Eyre     Charlotte Bronte
The Adventures of a Women in Search of her Rights     Florence Claxton
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl     Harriet Jacobs
Papa's Own Girl     Marie Howland
A Doll's House     Henrik Ibsen
The Awakening     Kate Chopin
New Amazonia     Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett
The New Woman     Boleslaw Prus
The House of Mirth     Edith Wharton
Three Guineas     Virginia Woolf
The Radical Women Manifesto: Theory, Program and Structure     Various Authors
A Room of One's Own     Virginia Woolf
Against Our Will     Susan Brownmiller
Literary Women     Ellen Moers
The Bloody Chamber     Angela Carter
When God Was a Woman     Merlin Stone
The Traffic of Women     Gayle Rubin
Pure Lust     Mark Daly
In a Different Voice     Carol Gilligan
Black Feminist Thought     Patricia Hill Collins
Race, Class and Gender in the U.S     Paula Rothenberg
Sexual/Textual Politics     Toril Moi
A Vindication of the Rights of Whores     Gail Pheterson
To Be Real     Rebecca Walker
Upanibesh     Sarojini Sahoo
Pratibandi     Sarojini Sahoo
Not my Mother's Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism     Astrid Henry
Stripped Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers     Benadette Barton

Female Characters in Literature

Female characters have been in literature, a symbolic icon where she stands for many characters, that convey a certain message. You will see these women through good times and bad, controversial debates or human trafficking, in love or being heartbroken, being lost and alone, as infidels looking for love and a whole more on the lives of the fictional and non fictional. Here are novels based on some of the best female characters in women in literature.

Name of Book     Female Character     Author Name
Pride and Prejudice     Elizabeth Bennett     Jane Austen
Inside Daisy Clover     Daisy Clover     Gavin Lambert
Anna Karenina     Anna Karenina     Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary     Madame Bovary     Gustave Flaubert
Gone with the Wind     Scarlett O' Hara     Margaret Mitchell
The Awakening and Selected Stories     Edna Pontellier     Kate Chopin
Agnes Grey     Agnes Grey     Anne Bronte
Wuthering Heights     Cathy     Emily Bronte
The Great Gatsby     Daisy Buchannan     F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Postman Always Rings Twice     Cora     James M. Cain
Vanity Fair     Becky Sharp     William Makepeace Thackeray
Dracula     Mina and Lucy     Bram Stoker
A Murder is Announced     Miss Marple     Agatha Christie
Rebecca     Mrs. Danvers     Daphne DuMaurier

Mothers in Literature

The women who've played the roles of the good moms and bad moms, have had people either adore them or hate them. Find out the best in written literature from these good books to read, from this book list covering good and bad mothers.

Name of Book     Mother Characters     Author Name
Little Women     Marmee     Louisa May Alcott
Sophie's Choice     Sophie Zawistowska     William Styron
Portney's Complaint     Sophie Portnoy     Philip Roth
Mother's Day     June Cleaver     Isaac Asimov
The Hours     Laura Brown     Michael Cunningham
A Doll's House     Nora Helmer     Henrik Ibsen
Precious     Mary Lee Johnston     Sapphire
Flowers in the Attic     Corinne Dollanganger     Virginia Andrews
Carrie     Margaret     Stephen King

These women in literature are the ones that keep us glued to our novels, hoping that the end is a happy one and not devastating. We get into these stories like it were real, and we relate to them when emotions and situations seem so life like. I hope that you build on a love for reading to avail yourself from these great books. Keep reading!

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