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Elaine Showalter, author of the classic 'A Literature of Their Own', now turns to her own heritage, bringing us an unprecedented literary landmark: a comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to the present.
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American literature, Women authors, History and criticism, Bio-bibliography, Women and literature, History, Women, Intellectual life, Women in literature, Författare, Biografier, Litteraturvetenskap, Amerikansk litteratur, Kvinnliga författare, Historia, Kvinnor och litteratur, Kvinnor i litteraturen, American literature, history and criticism, American literature, women authors, Women, united states, American literature, bio-bibliographyPlaces
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A jury of her peers: American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
2009, Virago
in English
1844080781 9781844080786
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Table of Contents
A new literature springs up in the new world
Revolution: women's rights and women's writing
Their native land
Finding a form
Masterpieces and mass markets
Slavery, race, and women's writing
The Civil War
The coming woman
American sibyls
New women
The golden morrow
Against women's writing: Wharton and Cather
You might as well live
The Great Depression
The 1940s: World War II and after
The 1950s: the three faces of Eve
The 1960s: live or die
The 1970s: the will to change
The 1980s: on the jury
The 1990s: anything she wants.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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