Which of the following are representative texts of gynocriticism?
- A. Patricia Meyer Spacks, The Female Imagination
- B. Mary Ellmann, Thinking About Women
- C. Gilbert and Gubar, The Madwoman in the Attic
- D. Ellen Moers, Literary Women
- E. Kate Millett, Sexual Politics
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Correct answer: D. A, C and D only
Explanation
Showalter's gynocriticism studies women as writers (Spacks 1975, Moers 1976, Gilbert and Gubar 1979). Ellmann (1968) and Millett (1970) belong to the 'feminist critique' of male texts.
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