Woodworth (war and society, U. of New Brunswick and St. Thomas U., Canada) suggests that there is much to learn about women novelists' ideas concerning their own liberty by looking at how they
write male characters. She shows how a number of writers during the period employed their creative powers to liberate men from the very institutions and ideas about power, society, and gender
that promoted the subjection of women. The writing juxtaposes the private emotional world of courtship, marriage, and family with the public demands on men, she says, in such a manner as to
draw attention to the overlapping political structures of the two worlds. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
