Consider the abstract, > As the works of dozens of women writers have been rescued from what E. > P. Thompson calls ***“the enormous condescension of > posterity,”*** and considered in relation to each other, the lost > continent of the female tradition has risen like Atlantis from the sea > of English literature. Taken from - Green,Sharon Weiner,M.A.; Wolf,Ira K.,Ph.D. (2015-02-01). GRE, 21st edition (Barron's Gre) (Kindle Locations 16724-16728). Barron's Educational Series. Kindle Edition. I am unable to infer the meaning of what the author is trying to suggest with this line, > the enormous condescension of posterity Words with their meaning- > ***condescension*** - an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain. > ***posterity*** - all future generations of people. Kindly elaborate. I know that the author uses a metaphor(comparision) - > the lost continent of the female tradition has risen ***like*** Atlantis