Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Criticism and interpretation, Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation, Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation, Dangarembga, Tsitsi -- Criticism and interpretation, Kincaid, Jamaica -- Criticism and interpretation, Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation, Hall, Radclyffe -- Criticism and interpretation, Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- -- Criticism and interpretation

The novel of formation and literary identification -- Coming together : George Eliot, Simone de Beauvoir, and Tsitsi Dangarembga -- Coming apart : Charlotte Brontë, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tsitsi Dangarembga -- Coming out : Virginia Woolf, Radclyffe Hall, and Jeanette Winterson.