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American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx

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An edition of A jury of her peers (2009)

A jury of her peers

American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx

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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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Virago
Language
English
Pages
586

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Subjects
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-bibliography
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United States, Förenta staterna
Times
1700-talet, 1800-talet, 1900-talet

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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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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.99287
Library of Congress
PS147 .S56 2009, PS147

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 586 pages
Number of pages
586

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31939892M
Internet Archive
juryofherpeersam0000show
ISBN 10
1844080781
ISBN 13
9781844080786
OCLC/WorldCat
310157172

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