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Elaine Showalter

1941 - Today

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Elaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues. She influenced feminist literary criticism in the United States academia, developing the concept and practice of gynocritics, a term describing the study of "women as writers". Showalter has written and edited numerous books and articles focused on a variety of subjects, from feminist literary criticism to fashion, sometimes sparking controversy, especially with her work on illnesses. Showalter has been a television critic for People magazine and a commentator on BBC radio and television. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Elaine Showalter is the 6,874th most popular writer (down from 6,837th in 2024), the 14,644th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,338th in 2019) and the 1,043rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elaine Showalter ranks 6,876 out of 7,302. Before her are Muhammad al-'Arifi, Donna Williams, Susan Faludi, Arnon Grunberg, Brannon Braga, David X. Cohen, Machi Tawara, and Okwui Enwezor. After her are Nahed Hattar, Julie Plec, Jo Walton, and Gregory Colbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Elaine Showalter ranks 634. Before her are Sushilkumar Shinde, Robert Hunter, Ulis Williams, Jan Lehane, Guy Clark, and Anita Lonsbrough. After her are Joan A. Steitz, Dorothy Hyman, Lamont Dozier, Mel Winkler, Christine Truman, and Martha Reeves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elaine Showalter ranks 14,648 out of 20,380. Before her are Eliot Engel (1947), Frances Gifford (1920), Brian Schmetzer (1962), Patricia Blair (1933), Kate Flannery (1964), and Shiri Appleby (1978). After her are John Pankow (1954), Jane Rosenthal (1956), Michaela McManus (1983), Judy Martz (1943), Konnor (1980), and Antonio Brown (1988).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elaine Showalter ranks 1,043. Before her are Ken Levine (1966), Jean Stafford (1915), Noah Hawley (1967), Susan Faludi (1959), Brannon Braga (1965), and David X. Cohen (1966). After her are Julie Plec (1972), Peter Schiff (1963), James Gleick (1954), Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), William Gilmore Simms (1806), and James T. Farrell (1904).

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