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With collaborator, Sandra Gilbert, pioneered the modern study of literature in English by and about women. The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination (1979) and the three-volume No Man's Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century (1988-1994), established the model for feminist literary criticism. The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women (1985) greatly enlarged the canon of works deemed worthy of study, including many that were long out of print. The anthology -now in its third revised edition- is a standard text for classes in English, American Studies, and Women's Studies nationwide. Single-author works demonstrate wide-ranging interests, from studies of cross-race impersonations and Holocaust poetry, to a cultural biography of Judas and a memoir about survival from ovarian cancer. The latter book, published in 2012, has led to a twice-monthly column for The New York Times on Living with Cancer. Member, the American Philosophical Society (2011) and recipient, the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Ac

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NameSandra Mortola Gilbert and Susan David Gubar
NicknameGilbert:The Feminist's Feminist; The Madwoman's Everywoman; Susan Gubar's Other Half; Gilbert the Great

Gubar:Ms. Gubar; The Madwoman's Advocate; Sandra Gilbert's Other Half; The Inimitable Gubar
SexWe're both female. And as female writers, we haven't always had it easy. We are part of a long tradition of women writers who have struggled to find their voice in a sea of privileged male voices—even in the 21st century. The more things change, the more they stay the same, are we right?
Home townGilbert: New York City—Queens, to be exact. With great Italian immigrant parents.

Gubar:Brooklyn, baby.

Work & Education

OccupationGilbert: Might be easier to list where I haven't taught, rather than where I have taught. I'm no academic vagabond; I'm just in high demand. I'm one of those rare cheery academics.

I can, like, act

Susan Gubar

American author and Professor Emerita

Susan D. Gubar (born November 30, 1944)[2] is an American author and distinguished ProfessorEmerita of English and Women's Studies at Indiana University.

She is best known for co-authoring the landmark feminist literary study The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination (1979) with Sandra Gilbert. She has also written a trilogy on women's writing in the 20th century. Her honours include the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

Education

Gubar received an BA from the City College of New York, an MA from the University of Michigan, and a PhD from the University of Iowa.[3]

Career

Gubar joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1973, at a time when there were three female professors among the 70 in its English department.[1]

Gubar and Gilbert edited the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English, published in 1985 (ISBN 0393019403); its publication resulted in both of them being included amo

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