Question

Who is the author of Towards a Feminist Poetics?

• A. Virginia Woolf
• B. Elaine Showalter
• C. Sandra Gilbert
• D. Mary Wollstonecraft

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Elaine Showalter

• The author of Towards a Feminist Poetics is Elaine Showalter.

• It is a seminal essay in feminist literary criticism, first published in 1979, where she introduces the concepts of gynocriticism (the study of women's writing) and feminist critique (the analysis of literature from a feminist perspective).