For those among us who have family members among the Second World War generation (a generation that is now, sadly, dying off in ever increasing numbers), this book brings home a tangible, palpable sense of what life on the Home Front USA was like during those times. The author of "Slacks and Calluse...
Introduction: The Second Coming of Aphrodite, by Sandra M. GilbertSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the Text--The Awakening--Emancipation: A Life Fable--At the 'Cadian Ball--Désirée's Baby--La Belle Zoraïde--At Chênière Caminada--The Story of an Hour--Lilacs--Athénaïse--A Pair of Silk Stockin...
This book literally saved my life when I was doing Pre-U English. I particularly liked the chapter on Snow White. Full of really interesting ideas and relatively easy to read, which is rarer than you might think.