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Elaine Showalter

1941 - Today

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Elaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues. She influenced feminist literary criticism in the United States academia, developing the concept and practice of gynocritics, a term describing the study of "women as writers". Showalter has written and edited numerous books and articles focused on a variety of subjects, from feminist literary criticism to fashion, sometimes sparking controversy, especially with her work on illnesses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elaine Showalter has received more than 465,187 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Elaine Showalter is the 6,160th most popular writer (down from 5,431st in 2019), the 13,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,592nd in 2019) and the 964th most popular American Writer.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elaine Showalter ranks 6,160 out of 5,755. Before her are Maylis de Kerangal, Noah Hawley, Bosley Crowther, Sabine Baring-Gould, Sara Stridsberg, and David X. Cohen. After her are Tom Rob Smith, John Mortimer, Jenni Haukio, Lauren Kate, Ishmael Reed, and Petr Zelenka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Elaine Showalter ranks 525. Before her are Arun Shourie, Ed Bradley, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, James Clapper, Donna Shalala, and Tommy Thompson. After her are Joe Caldwell, Ben Nelson, Ulis Williams, Asko Parpola, Darshan Ranganathan, and Keith Newton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elaine Showalter ranks 13,153 out of 18,182. Before her are Michael O'Keefe (1955), Stephen Schneider (1945), Howie Hawkins (1952), John Carl Buechler (1952), Daniel Schmidt (1992), and Daniel Clowes (1961). After her are Alton B. Parker (1852), Paula Badosa (1997), Raúl Esparza (1970), Big Daddy Kane (1968), Joe DeLoach (1967), and Paul Sarbanes (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elaine Showalter ranks 964. Before her are Geoff Johns (1973), Anne Waldman (1945), John Stossel (1947), Noah Hawley (1967), Bosley Crowther (1905), and David X. Cohen (1966). After her are Lauren Kate (1981), Ishmael Reed (1938), Sara Shepard (1977), Meghan McCain (1984), Alan Dundes (1934), and Susan Faludi (1959).

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