Elaine Showalter
Articles by Elaine Showalter
Results 1 to 10 of 11
Politics
The first lady
- 17 November 2003
Madam Secretary: a memoir
Madeleine Albright Macmillan, 562pp, £20
ISBN 140503369X
Society
They think it's all over
- 12 August 2002
The tradition of lad-lit, from Kingsley to Martin Amis, reached fever pitch with the insecure, introspective anti-heroes of the 1990s. But has the genre come to an end, asks Elaine Showalter
Books
I love drag
- 06 August 2001
Sexually Speaking: collected sex writings
Gore Vidal (edited by Donald Weise) Cleis Press, 280pp, £12.99
ISBN 1573441201
Arts & Culture
Building frocks
- 19 March 2001
The distinction between art and fashion has become blurred. Now architects are moving into the game. Elaine Showalter shops around for an explanation
Books
Virgin suicide
- 02 October 2000
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury, 521pp, £16.99
ISBN 0747549370
Books
Stand by your man. Elaine Showalter on how Hillary Clinton has become a symbol of the professional woman's confused search for identity, at once reviled and praised for supporting her husband
- 07 February 2000
Bill and Hillary
Christopher Andersen Warner Books, 352pp £7.99
ISBN 0751530352
Books
Bridging the gap
- 27 September 1999
Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution
Lisa Jardine Little, Brown, 444pp, £25
ISBN 0316647527
Books
In the company of wolves. In Italy the heroine of "Rumpelstiltskin" eats seven plates of pasta; in China Cinderella has an ugly sister called Pock Face. A new study explores the universal appeal of fairy stories
- 26 February 1999
The Classic Fairy Tales
Maria Tatar (editor) Norton Critical Edition, 394pp, £6.95
