| Description |
2 volumes (xxx, 1443 pages) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
"Notable American Women Writers provides in-depth critical essays on women who are at the top of their game in all areas of writing, from picture books to scholarly writing, from poetry to screenplays, from memoir to philosophy. The women writers featured in this set have been selected to represent not only all types of writing, but all areas of the Americas, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Jamaica, and more. The women in these volumes are artists, social transformers, builders, thinkers, poets, playwrights, populists, elitists, products of their society, and shapers of their culture. They write on such vital issues as sexuality and gender, women s rights and privileges, wars of their eras, civil rights, literary criticism, mental illness, child-rearing, and identity. Notable: American Women Writers features more than 415 biographies. Each essay has been selected specifically for this set to showcase the spectrum of writing that falls under the broad umbrella of American women writers in such a way that the topic has specific relevance to classroom curricula and that it appeals to high school, undergraduate, and general readers. Each essay is 1,000 to 2,000 words in length and includes the top matter information such as Name, by which the subject is best known; a Description of each woman s contributions and the type of writing she is best known for; and Birth and death dates and locations. Writers featured include: Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Willa Cather, Joyce Carol Oates, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Louise Erdrich, Gwendolyn Brooks, Flannery O'Connor, Sylvia Path, Maxine Hong Kingston Designed to introduce readers at the high school and university level to the rich world of Women Writers in American literature, this two-volume collection will provide students with careful research and resources for further exploration into these accomplished and indispensable writers."-- Provided by www.Amazon.com. |
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Women authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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American literature -- Women authors -- Dictionaries.
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Women in literature -- Dictionaries.
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Women -- Intellectual life -- Dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Nicosia, Laura M., editor.
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Nicosia, James F., editor.
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| ISBN |
164265423X set |
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9781642654233 set |
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