American Women Writers Edition 2. Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf (Editor)
Publisher: St. James Press
ISBN: 1558624295
DDC: 810.9928703
Edition: Hardcover; 1999-12-03
Summary:
Offering up-to-date coverage of 1,300 writers (100 new to this
edition) and spanning from colonial days to the present, American
Women Writers offers biography, criticism, bibliography and much
more. Look for essays from 400 to 5,000 words assessing each writer's
works; basic biographies; complete bibliographies; comprehensive data
on writers' names, including pseudonyms, aliases, parents' names and
husbands' names; and more. This edition includes the best-known
names: Rachel Blau DuPlessis; Sue Grafton; Donna Haraway; Lucy
Lippard; Jane Smiley; Jacqueline Mitchard; Anne Waldman; etc. as well
as updated or rewritten entries on outstanding writers from the
fields of anthropology, religion, psychology and history: Ruth
Benedict, Karen Horney, Margaret Mead, Barbara Tuchman, to name a
few. This resource also includes hundreds of unjustly ignored writers
who address themselves in journals, letters, stories, even hymns to
their world and time. This edition of American Women Writers is
enhanced with indexes and lists that make it possible to access data
by author or title. It promises concise, up-to-date critical
assessments for students and teachers of American literature;
enhances the interests of young or seasoned feminists; and offers
good reading for browsers and popular culture fans.
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