A bold literary history that says women's writing is defined less by domestic concerns than by an engagement with public lifeIn a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of women's writing, At Home in the World argues that this work has been defined less by domestic concerns than by an active engagement with the most pressing i
"An ambitious and engaging literary history, At Home in the World paints an exhilarating panorama of British, American, and postcolonial women writers' interventions in public debates on an array of important issues. With its clear, lively style, this magisterial account will be welcomed by scholars, critics, and discerning readers of writers from Jane Austen to Edwidge Danticat."--Christine Froula, Northwestern University
"Pointedly fresh, this is an excellent literary history with a provocative and revealing sweep. Arguing that women's writing since Mary Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen has been an adventure of escape from the domestic sphere, DiBattista and Nord provide an education in how women have shaped and reshaped the novel. At Home in the World deserves to have a wide audience."--Robert L. Caserio, Pennsylvania State University
"Shortlisted for the 2018 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society"
