The aim of this book is to discuss the most important aspects of women’s status at the

beginning of the twentieth century by drawing a parallel between Romanian and British

feminism.The novelty of this book resides in the fact that it discusses the ideas of gender

and politics in the novels of some of the most important Romanian modernist writers.

The documents (Romanian old journals, articles, diaries and declarations, modernist

literary texts from well-known Romanian authors such as Camil Petrescu, Hortensia

Papadat-Bengescu, or Anton Holban) as well as the period of time analysed in this book

are highly relevant to the way Romanian feminism has evolved over the years.