Contemporary American women writers
Subtitle: narrative strategies
By: Catherine Rainwater and William J. Scheick, editors.
Contributors: Rainwater, Catherine, 1953-; Scheick, William J.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Lexington, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American fiction -- Women authors -- Bibliography; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Ann Beattie, the art of the missing / Carolyn Porter; title: Grace Paley, chaste compactness / Ronald Schleifer; title: Annie Dillard, narrative fringe / William J. Scheick; title: Anne Redmon, the fugal procedure of Music and silence / Catherine Rainwater; title: Cynthia Ozick, invention & orthodoxy / Ellen Pifer; title: Anne Tyler, medusa points & contact points / Mary F. Robertson; title: Alice Walker, the dialect & letters of The color purple / Elizabeth Fifer; title: Maxine Hong Kingston, narrative technique & female identity / Suzanne Juhasz; title: Toni Morrison, mastery of narrative / Linda W. Wagner; title: Marge Piercy, the double narrative structure of Small changes / Elaine Tuttle Hansen & William J. Scheick.