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"Wethinkbackthroughourmothersifwearewomen,"wroteVirginiaWoolf.Inthisgroundbreakingseriesofessays,SandraM.Gilbertexploreshowourliterarymothershaveinfluencedusinourwritingandinlife.SheconsiderstheeffectsofthesemothersbyexaminingherownhistoryandtheworkofsuchluminariesasCharlotteBronte,EmilyDickinsonandSylviaPlath.Inthecourseofthebook,shechartsherowndevelopmentasafeminist,demonstrateswaysofunderstandingthedynamicsofgenderandgenre,andtracestheredefinitionsofmaternityreflectedintextsbyauthorssuchasElizabethBarrettBrowningandGeorgeEliot.Throughout,Gilbertasksquestionsaboutfeminisminthetwentiethcentury:shelooksatwhyandhowitsideasbecamesonecessarytowomeninthesixtiesandseventies;whatthosefeministconceptshavecometomeannow;andaboveall,howourintellectualmothershaveshapedourthoughtstoday.