The Woman's Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare [Paperback]

Carolyn Lenz (Editor), Gayle Greene (Editor), Carol Neely (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press (May 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0252010167
• ISBN-13: 978-0252010163
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,308,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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INSOMNIAC (UC Press, Little Brown in the U.K) was Amazon's #1 pick for March 2008 and a finalist for the Gregory Bateson Prize for Cultural Anthropology. There are many books about insomnia, but there are very few that describe what the world looks like to people who are struggling with this problem on a daily basis. INSOMNIAC is a first-person account that combines personal narrative with scientific investigation; it's the first book to report on the widespread discontent of insomniacs who are tired of hearing the same-old advice and tired of being talked down to by healthcare professionals. I explore why a condition that affects so many people has been so long neglected and trivialized.

My first books were about Shakespeare, Doris Lessing, women writers, feminist theory. I then wrote THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH: ALICE STEWART AND THE SECRETS OF RADIATION, a biography of an important but little known scientist. Stewart was a British physician and radiation epidemiologist who discovered that if you x-ray pregnant women, you double the risk of a childhood cancer--which is why doctors don't do that anymore. After that, I wrote a memoir, then I decided to combine academic research and first-person narrative to write about insomnia, the bane of my existence since I can remember.

I teach at Scripps College in Claremont, California: Shakespeare, women writers, creative nonfiction, and lately, a course on sleep.

I have a blog, SLEEPSTARVED.ORG, for insomniacs who'd like to think in new ways about insomnia, who want to learn the latest in research, brainstorm about things that help and what might be done to bring this hidden malady to the fore .