| Women's Writing: Past and Present Contributor(s): Zilboorg, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521891264 ISBN-13: 9780521891264 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $24.37 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 Annotation: The Cambridge Contexts in Literature series is designed for advanced level students of English literature. Each title in the series has the quality, content and level endorsed by the OCR examination board. However, the texts provide the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level. The literary, historical and social contexts are explored in each title and students are encouraged to investigate varying interpretations of the text. Women's Writing: Past and Present covers background issues such as the difficulties facing women writers and looks at the experiences of women writers in past centuries, going on to explore literary criticism and topics such as 'women and madness'. Extracts include the diverse styles of Sylvia Plath, Kate Chopin, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Ban Zhao and Toni Morrison. Critical approaches are investigated, covering reactions during different eras and techniques for rereading specific writers and texts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.992 |
| Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.45 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Focusing on texts written in English and emphasising writing by women from the beginning of the Renaissance period in the 1300s to the 21st century, this book illustrates not only the richness and diversity of female literary voices, but also the many changing and different contexts in which writing by women can be read. |