Author: Cathy N. Davidson
Secondary Author: Linda Wagner-Martin
ISBN: 9780195066081
From Anne Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America in the seventeenth century, to Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize in 1993, women writers have woven a rich tapestry of voices across four centuries of American history. Their writings have embraced a marvelous diversity of visions, including those of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Cynthia Ozick, Gwendolyn Brooks, Kate Chopin, Maya Angelou, Annie Dillard, Joan Didion, Edith Wharton, Adrienne Rich, Djuna Barnes, and Willa Cather. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and highly informative survey of these writers and their work as it illuminates the issues that fired their imaginations. Here is a goldmine of information about women's writing, women's history, and women's concerns--over eight hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications to extensive essays. The volume boasts contributions by many well-known thinkers, including Susan Faludi writing on backlash
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish Date: 1995-01-05
Subjects: Literary Criticism / Women Authors, Literary Criticism / Reference, Literary Criticism / American / General, Reference / General, Literary Criticism / General
This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Literary Criticism)