Sandra Gilbert

Sandra M. Gilbert (December 27, 1936-November 10, 2024) was an American literary critic and poet who published in the fields of feminist literary criticism, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic criticism. She was best known for her collaborative critical work with Susan Gubar, with whom she co-authored, among other works, The Madwoman in the Attic (1979). Madwoman in the Attic is widely recognized as a text central to second-wave feminism.[1][2] She was Professor Emerita of English at the University of California, Davis.[3]

She lived in Berkeley, California, and lived, until 2008, in Paris, France. Her husband, Elliot L. Gilbert, was chair of the Department of English at University of California, Davis, until his death in 1991. She also had a long-term relationship with David Gale, mathematician at University of California, Berkeley, until his death in 2008.

  1. ^ Academy of American Poets. "About Sandra M. Gilbert | Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
  2. ^ "Titanic Operas: Sandra M. Gilbert's Biographical Note". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  3. ^ "Sandra M. Gilbert". Poets & Writers. 28 May 1981. Retrieved 2019-03-28.

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