Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
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Edition 17 (2012) Winner
Elaine Showalter
エレイン・ショウォルター
Erain Shōworutā
Aliases:
Elaine Cottler
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1941-01-21 （Boston, Massachusetts）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Boston, Massachusetts → Princeton, New Jersey → New Brunswick, New Jersey
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, feminist, writer, university professor
- Active Years
- 1969-
- Affiliations
- Princeton University, Rutgers University, Modern Language Association
- Memberships
- Modern Language Association (past-president), Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Influenced
- Virginia Woolf
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Mawr College | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| Brandeis University | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| University of California, Davis | — | English | PhD | — | United States |
Bryn Mawr College
English
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United States
Brandeis University
English
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
University of California, Davis
English
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
The Double Critical Standard: Criticism of Women Writers in England, 1845–1880
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | — | — | University of Iowa | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | A Jury of Her Peers | — | University of Iowa | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | 受賞 |
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
2003
Organization:
University of Iowa
Result:
受賞
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
2012
Work:
A Jury of Her Peers
Organization:
University of Iowa
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship
1981
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing
1977 Literary CriticismAnalyzes the tradition of British women novelists and proposes three phases of women's literature.
feminismwomen's literaturegynocriticism
Towards a Feminist Poetics
1979 Literary CriticismDevelops the framework for gynocriticism in feminist literary criticism.
gynocriticismfemale experience
The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830–1980
1985 Cultural HistoryExplores the relationship between women's madness and English culture from 1830 to 1980.
hysteriafemale madnessculture
Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin de Siècle
1990 Cultural CriticismExamines gender and cultural crises at the fin de siècle.
genderfin de siècle
Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media
1997 Cultural CriticismAnalyzes modern hysterical epidemics through media.
hysteriamedia
Inventing Herself: Claiming a Feminist Intellectual Heritage
2001 BiographySurveys feminist icons from the 18th century.
feminist history
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
2009 Literary HistoryClaims a literary tradition for American women writers.
American women writers
Bibliography
- A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing (1977)
- Towards a Feminist Poetics (1979)
- The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830–1980 (1985)
- Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin de Siècle (1990)
- Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media (1997)
- Inventing Herself: Claiming a Feminist Intellectual Heritage (2001)
- Teaching Literature (2003)
- Faculty Towers: The Academic Novel and Its Discontents (2005)
- A Jury of Her Peers: Celebrating American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx (2009)
- The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- gynocriticismcultural feminist criticismhistorical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- female madnesshysteriafeminist traditionfin de siècle culture
Legacy
Pioneer of feminist literary criticism in the US, developer of gynocriticism, influential in studies of women writers.
Archives
- Women's Library at the London School of Economics
- Pembroke Center Archives, Brown University
In Popular Culture
- Son Michael Showalter is an actor and comedian
Quotes
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Women's literature can be divided into three phases: feminine, feminist, female.
Source: Towards a Feminist Poetics (1979) -
Gynocritics is literary criticism based on a female perspective.
Source: Towards a Feminist Poetics (1979)
Trivia
- Born into a middle-class Jewish family.
- Husband English Showalter, retired French literature professor.
- Chaired the Man Booker International Prize judges in 2007.