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'''For the Sake of Grace''' is a 1969 short story by [[Suzette Haden Elgin]]. | '''For the Sake of Grace''' is a 1969 short story by [[Suzette Haden Elgin]]. | ||
"For the Sake of Grace" depicts a patriarchal world in which women are virtually barred from higher learning. A young girl, in defiance of the example set by her aunt (condemned to live in solitude for attempting to take the poetry exam), desires to also take the exam. | |||
==Intertextuality== | |||
* "[[The Two of Them]]" by [[Joanna Russ]] took the characters and settings from Elgin's short story "[[For the Sake of Grace]]". | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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* ''Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction #2: The Science Fictional Olympics'', ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Signet 1984) | * ''Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction #2: The Science Fictional Olympics'', ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Signet 1984) | ||
* ''[[The Norton Book of Science Fiction]]'', ed. [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and [[Brian Attebery]], Norton 1993 | * ''[[The Norton Book of Science Fiction]]'', ed. [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and [[Brian Attebery]], Norton 1993 | ||
[[Category:1969 publications]] | [[Category:1969 publications]] | ||
[[Category:Short stories]] | [[Category:Short stories]] | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 22 March 2007
For the Sake of Grace is a 1969 short story by Suzette Haden Elgin.
"For the Sake of Grace" depicts a patriarchal world in which women are virtually barred from higher learning. A young girl, in defiance of the example set by her aunt (condemned to live in solitude for attempting to take the poetry exam), desires to also take the exam.
Intertextuality
- "The Two of Them" by Joanna Russ took the characters and settings from Elgin's short story "For the Sake of Grace".
Publications
- F&SF May 1969
- Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction #2: The Science Fictional Olympics, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Signet 1984)
- The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery, Norton 1993