Writing a woman's life
By: Carolyn G. Heilbrun.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Women -- Biography -- History and criticism; Biography as a literary form; Autobiography -- Women authors; Women -- Biography -- Authorship; Women and literature
Description: Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, the author examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made it impossible for them to follow the traditional "male" script for a woman's life. Refreshing and insightful, this is an homage to brave women past and present, and an invitation to all women to write their own scripts, whatever they may be.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [133]-138.
Includes index.