ENGLISH 2K06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Katherine Philips, Elizabethan Era, Emilia Lanier
20 Apr 2014
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Short answers- exam responses: a room of one"s own. This concept is derived from virginia woolf"s piece a room of one"s own which conveyed. Woolf"s primary concern of women"s professional advancement, especially as writers. Among other reasons for why women require a room of their own, Woolf hints at women having the freedom of their own space where their writing is not influenced and constrained by male academics who place restrictions on women"s writing. Further, this concept of a room of one"s own doesn"t just signify one room but a woman"s place in community, and further, a concept outside of the literary sense. Coterie networks were basically circles where women were able to exchange manuscripts among their friends. This type of network was a means of displaying women"s writing- especially since women often did not get the opportunity and exposure to display their work otherwise (through publication). This concept is important for our analysis as virginia woolf"s.
