Susan Gubar
Susan D. Gubar | |
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| Born | November 30, 1944 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, distinguished professor emerita |
| Notable work | The Madwoman in the Attic (1979) |
Susan D. Gubar (born November 30, 1944) is an American author and distinguished Professor Emerita of English and Women's Studies at Indiana University.
She is best known for co-authoring the landmark feminist literary study The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination (1979) with Sandra Gilbert. She has also written a trilogy on women's writing in the 20th century. Her honours include the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.