| Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing Contributor(s): Miller, Jane Eldridge (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415159806 ISBN-13: 9780415159807 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: "Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing" is a comprehensive, authoritative and hugely enjoyable guide to women's fiction, prose, poetry and drama from around the world in the second half of the twentieth century. Combined in this book are novelists such as Iris Murdoch and Toni Morrison; literary theorists such as Helene Cixous and Susan Sontag; and poets such as Sylvia Plath and Fleur Adcock. Unique in its breadth of coverage, the volume covers works established and well-loved, as well as those new and fascinating for the reader. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 809.892 |
| Series: Who's Who (Routledge) |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.63 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unique in its breadth of coverage, Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing is a comprehensive, authoritative and enjoyable guide to women's fiction, prose, poetry and drama from around the world in the second half of the twentieth century. Over the course of 1000 entries by over 150 international contributors, a picture emerges of the incredible range of women's writing in our time, from Toni Morrison to Fleur Adcock- all are here. This book includes the established and well-loved but also opens up new worlds of modern literature which may be unfamiliar but are never less than fascinating. |