This collection delves deeply into the power of solitude in a richly detailed exploration of the lives of women writers
The essays in this fascinating volume combine literary theory, autobiography, performance, and criticism, while opening minds and expanding concepts of women's roles both in the home and within academia along the way. Herspace: Women, Writing, and Solitude begins with a discussion of the importance of solitude to the works of a variety of writers, including Margaret Atwood, May Sarton, Virginia Woolf, Marguerite Duras, and Zora Neale Hurston, and then moves on to an...

Combines literary theory, autobiography, performance, and criticism expanding the exploration of women's tradtional space in the home and in less traditional settings, Begins with a discussion of solitude as a key theme in the works of a variety of writers, & moves on to examine actual solitary spaces.