A jury of her peers
Subtitle: American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
By: by Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Virago
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9781844080786
Subjects: American literature; Women authors; History and criticism; Bio-bibliography; Women and literature; History; Women; Intellectual life; Women in literature; Författare; Biografier; Litteraturvetenskap; Amerikansk litteratur; Kvinnliga författare; Historia; Kvinnor och litteratur; Kvinnor i litteraturen
Description: Elaine Showalter, author of the classic 'A Literature of Their Own', now turns to her own heritage, bringing us an unprecedented literary landmark: a comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new literature springs up in the new world; title: Revolution: women's rights and women's writing; title: Their native land; title: Finding a form; title: Masterpieces and mass markets; title: Slavery, race, and women's writing; title: The Civil War; title: The coming woman; title: American sibyls; title: New women; title: The golden morrow; title: Against women's writing: Wharton and Cather; title: You might as well live; title: The Great Depression; title: The 1940s: World War II and after; title: The 1950s: the three faces of Eve; title: The 1960s: live or die; title: The 1970s: the will to change; title: The 1980s: on the jury; title: The 1990s: anything she wants.