Erica Jong skrev i en debattartikel i
Publishers Weekly i april i år:
Critics have trouble taking fiction by women seriously unless they represent some distant political struggle or chic ethnicity ----- But deep down, the same old prejudice prevails. War matters; love does not. Women are destined to be undervalued as long as we write about love. To be generous, let's say the prejudice is unconscious. If Jane Austen were writing today, she'd probably meet the same fate and wind up in the chick lit section. Charlotte Brontë would be in romance, along with her sister Emily.
Läs hela artikeln på Ericas hemsida.
Uppdatering:Expressens klassikersatsning fortsätter idag
med Jane Austens Stolthet och fördom.
"Lite Facebook i balklänning", någon?
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