Literature
Menstruation appears in or is the topic of many works of literature, including:
- Maria Edgeworth, The Purple Jar (1786)
- Stephen King, Carrie (1974)
- Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior (1975)
- Alberto Moravia, Time of Desecration (1980)
- Anita Diamont, The Red Tent (1997)
Read more about this topic: Menstruation And The Origins Of Culture/Archive 1
Famous quotes containing the word literature:
“The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.”
—James Connolly (1870–1916)
“A people’s literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.”
—Edith Hamilton (1867–1963)
“As a man has no right to kill one of his children if it is diseased or insane, so a man who has made the gradual and conscious expression of his personality in literature the aim of his life, has no right to suppress himself any carefully considered work which seemed good enough when it was written. Suppression, if it is deserved, will come rapidly enough from the same causes that suppress the unworthy members of a man’s family.”
—J.M. (John Millington)