When first published in 1977, A Literature of Their Own quickly set
the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that
transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for
literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected
tradition of women writers in England. A classic of feminist criticism,
its impact continues to be felt today.
This revised and expanded edition contains a new introductory chapter
surveying the book's reception and a new postscript chapter celebrating
the legacy of feminism and feminist criticism in the efflorescence of
contemporary British fiction by women.