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- noun The
historical study ofwomen writers as a distinctliterary tradition .
Etymologies
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gyno- + criticism, coined by Elaine Showalter in the essay Toward a Feminist Poetics.
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Despite this, researchers of her work (whose numbers have increased since the late 1980s), and especially those who base themselves on feminist and gender-based theories, offer highly fascinating interpretations of her work (as women’s literature), examining it from its beginnings to the present day through the lens of gynocriticism.
Judith Hendel. 2009
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