These essays reestablish intellectual integrity as a prime virtue in the academic community... Nina Bayme has one of the most independent, most responsible literary minds at work today... The result is a collection of essays that truly "make a difference."— Martha Banta, University of California, Los Angeles
Committed to a feminist inquiry that is neither parochial nor dogmatic, Baym scrutinizes literary texts and literary theories as dynamic events rooted in time and culture. Many of these essays have already become classics. All deserve to be read again.— Annette Kelodny, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Arizona, and author of The Lady of the Land
... will add lustre to the reputation of a scholar already recognized as one of the most important and influential voices in American literary studies. — Lawrence Buell, Harvard University