Name/Title
SilencesEntry/Object ID
2023.116.1Description
First published in 1978, Silences single-handedly revolutionized the literary canon. In this classic work, now back in print, Olsen broke open the study of literature and discovered a lost continent—the writing of women and working-class people. From the excavated testimony of authors’ letters and diaries we learn the many ways the creative spirit, especially in those disadvantaged by gender, class and race, can be silenced. Olsen recounts the torments of Melville, the crushing weight of criticism on Thomas Hardy, the shame that brought Willa Cather to a dead halt, and struggles of Virginia Woolf, Olsen’s heroine and greatest exemplar of a writer who confronted the forces that would silence her. -Feminist PressInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
Front flyleafTranscription
For Emelita Cohen-
This given by her grandniece [?] nanny [?] and inscribed by the author who years ago [struck out] in her "silenced" years you know as the mother of Karla, Julie, Kathie to whom you and Timbertall [???] lifetime [??] and memories.
Affectionately,
Tillie OlsonCreate Date
February 8, 2023
