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Halverson, Cathryn – Children's Literature in Education, 1999
Discusses the popularity in Britain and America in the 1920s of texts written by little girls. Suggests the child writer offers a private experience that seems to speak only to the reader but in reality speaks to everyone. Claims the child writer is at once perfectly ordinary and utterly extraordinary. (NH)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Writing, Females, Literary Criticism
Williams, Michael – Use of English, 1990
Describes a "Shakespeare Coursework Unit" in which Shakespearean and other literary works of the Tudor era were analyzed for evidence of the gender biases prevalent in that period. Notes that by the end of the course, students accepted the assertion that textual analysis is never truly completed. (SG)
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Lesson Plans, Literary Criticism