The writer was also a renowned academic and poet as well as being one of the leading figures of second wave feminismSandra Gilbert, the American poet and literary critic who co-authored the landmark second wave feminist text The Madwoman in the Attic, has died aged 87.The 1979 book – written with Susan Gubar, who would become a longtime collaborator of Gilbert’s – explored the way that female writers of the 19th century used images and characters embodying madness and rebellion, representing a rejection of oppression. Continue reading...