Summary
-- Covers 200 of the most important women writers of English
-- Groups authors culturally and by genre, from 18th-century diarists to new writers of experimental prose
-- Each volume covers approximately 15 authors and includes a concise biography, a selection of critical extracts, and a complete and up-to-date bibliography of the author's publications
-- Groups authors culturally and by genre, from 18th-century diarists to new writers of experimental prose
-- Each volume covers approximately 15 authors and includes a concise biography, a selection of critical extracts, and a complete and up-to-date bibliography of the author's publications
Contents
v. 1. Djuna BarnesJane Bowles
Kay Boyle
Pearl S. Buck
Willa Cather
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Edna Ferber
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Zona Gale
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Ellen Glasgow
Caroline Gordon. v. 2. Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
Zora Neale Hurston
Shirley Jackson
Nella Larsen
Mary McCarthy
Carson McCullers
Margaret Mitchell
Anaìˆs Nin
Flannery O'Connor
Dorothy Parker
Ann Petry. v. 3. Sylvia Plath
Katherine Anne Porter
Ayn Rand
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Mari Sandoz
Jean Stafford
Gertrude Stein
Sui Sin Far or Edith Eaton
Eudora Welty
Edith Wharton.
Additional Information
| Series | Women writers of English and their works. |
| Subjects |
American fiction
-- Women authors
-- History and criticism.
American fiction -- Women authors -- Bio-bibliography. Women and literature -- United States. |
| Publisher | Philadelphia :Chelsea House Publishers,1997 |
| Contributors |
Bloom, Harold.
|
| Language |
English |
| Description |
3 volumes ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 0791044807 (v. 1) 0791044963 (pbk. : v. 1) 0791044815 (v. 2) 0791046524 (v. 3) 0791046532 (pbk. : v. 3) |
| Other | Classic View |