This work notes that an unnamed professor's arguments are less convincing when written in an angry, superior tone, and its first section speculates on the amount of gold and silver that must have been poured into the ground to build Oxbridge.
This work notes that an unnamed professor's arguments are less convincing when written in an angry, superior tone, and its first section speculates on the amount of gold and silver that must have been poured into the ground to build Oxbridge. This work contrasts a trend towards autobiography with a desire for anonymity, and cites criticism of Cavendish and Winchelsea after positing a gifted child whose reading is interrupted by chores and who grows up to commit suicide. The newness of the genre and the need to hide a manuscript from visitors are given as explanations in this work for a certain group's preference of writing novels. Featuring the imaginary Judith Shakespeare and claiming that money and the title privilege are required for the writing of fiction, for 10 points, name this essay about the challenges female writers face, written by Virginia Woolf.
This work notes that an unnamed professor's arguments are less convincing when written in an angry, superior tone, and its first section speculates on the amount of gold and silver that must have been poured into the ground to build Oxbridge.
"A Room of One's Own"