Deirdre Osborne

About The Author

Deirdre Osborne PhD, FRSA is a Reader in English Literature and Drama at Goldsmiths, University of London. Co-founder of the MA Black British Literature, her research spans late-Victorian literature to contemporary culture in Landmark Poetics, mixedness, and adoption aesthetics with a special focus upon women writers. Her latest book is This is the Canon: Decolonise Your Bookshelf in Fifty Books (2021).

Books by Deirdre Osborne

The Awakening
By Kate Chopin
Introduction by Deirdre Osborne
Now recognised as a pioneering exploration of gender freedom, from an era when female agency was rare and shocking.

Written in the late Victorian era, The Awakening features a young woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as wife and mother. She aband...
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