Boss Ladies, Watch Out!

Boss Ladies Watch Out! is about women as critics. The brilliant literary essayist Terry Castle writes with an intelligence and style that brings her subject to light and to task. She investigates strong women writers with formidable personalities - Jane Austen, Collette, Willa Cather - often turning analysis of these figures and their work into a keen new perspective on their lives and on life in general. Her canvas includes male writers too, such as the amorous Casanova.
Many of these essays have appeared in the London Review of Books, where Castle is a regular contributor. Each work is suffused with her inimitable voice and rife with her sharp-eyed observations. Through insight and humour expertly conveyed, she humanizes her subjects even as she deepens our understanding and appreciation of them.