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Pre-Owned Writing Lives: Conversations Between Women Writers Paperback

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Pre-Owned Imagining Characters: Six Conversations about Women Writers: Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte (Paperback 9780679777533) by A S Byatt Ignes Sodre

9780679777533. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 288. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Vintage International. The bestselling author of Possession pairs her searching intelligence with the insights of... more

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Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture: Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Theologies of the Afterlife: A Step Closer to Heaven (Paperback)

This collection analyzes the theme of the afterlife as it animated nineteenth-century American women s theology-making and appeals for social justice. Authors like Harriet Beecher Stowe Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Martha Finley Jarena Lee Maria Stewart... more

Contributions to English and American Literary Studies (Ceal: Cultural Realism: Reconsidering Magical Realism in the Works of Contemporary American Women Writers (Hardcover)

This book s main contributions happen on three levels; a feminist approach to magical realism a hemispheric approach in which the literature of women in the Americas is examined and a critical approach to magical realism. Instead of recruiting magic... more

Contributions in Women s Studies Rewriting the Word: American Women Writers and the Bible Book 172 (Hardcover)

Women writers have often felt alienated from both the Bible and the canonical literary tradition that has been built on its foundation. Yet contemporary American women writers seem to be as haunted by the Bible as their nineteenth-century predecessors.... more

Pre-Owned Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Great Britain (Paperback 9781611682762) by Beth L Lueck Brigitte Bailey Lucinda L Damon-Bach

9781611682762. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 380. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 380 p. Contains: Unspecified. Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies. Highlights the social and textual complexity... more

Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies: Transatlantic Women : Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Great Britain (Paperback)

Highlights the social and textual complexity of the transatlantic world for American women writers In this volume fifteen scholars from diverse backgrounds analyze American women writers transatlantic exchanges in the nineteenth century. They show how... more

Studies in Humor & Gender: Ladies Laughing: Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers (Paperback)

This engaging and accessible book examines the world of seven contemporary popular American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage or control the reader. A chapter is devoted to each of the seven... more

Pre-Owned Writing Women s Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers Paperback

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Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writer The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers Volume One: 17th Through 19th Centuries (Paperback)

Literary Nonfiction. Fiction. Every anthology constructs a tradition. Sitting directly in dialogue with the feminist literary recovery project of the past 30 years this anthology constructs a tradition of American women s writing that is truly multiple... more

Our Deep Gossip : Conversations with Gay Writers on Poetry and Desire (Paperback)

From Walt Whitman forward a century and a half of radical experimentation and bold speech by gay and lesbian poets has deeply influenced the American poetic voice. In Our Deep Gossip Christopher Hennessy interviews eight gay men who are celebrated... more

Pre-Owned Modern American Women Writers (Paperback) 0020820259 9780020820253

In this rich examination of some of America s leading writers learn how the lives and work of thirty-two women shaped the literature they produced. Based on the acclaimed hardcover edition this concise revision of Modern American Women Writers is a... more

Stripped and Script : Loyalist Women Writers of the American Revolution (Paperback)

Female loyalists occupied a nearly impossible position during the American Revolution. Unlike their male counterparts loyalist women were effectively silenced-unable to officially align themselves with either side or avoid being persecuted for their... more

Essential Bibliography of American Fiction: Modern Women Writers (Hardcover)

Each volume in this concise set profiles between six and ten widely read and studied authors selected according to their backgrounds and writings. Forewords written by experts in literature offer readers an overview of each individual author and place... more

Longman Critical Readers Contemporary American Women Writers: Gender Class Ethnicity (Paperback)

This collection brings together critical essays that examine questions of identity and community in the fiction of contemporary American women writers among them Alice Walker Toni Morrison and Sandra Cisnernos. The essays consider how identities and... more

Pre-Owned American Women Writers and the Work of History 1790-1860 : Styles of Affiliation 9780813521435

Just as she helped launch the rediscovery of literary texts by American women writers Nina Baym now uncovers the work of history performed by over 150 writers in over 350 texts. Here she explores a world of important writing unknown even to most... more

Heritage: Drama by Women to 1900: A Bibliography of American and British Writers (Paperback)

This volume consists of some 3 000 entries of plays monologues and entertainments for amateur groups written before 1900 by British and American women writers. more

Watching Spirits / Ellet E. F. (Elizabeth Fries)Cn Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (1851) (1851) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1851 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Pre-Owned Autobiographical Inscriptions: Form Personhood and the American Woman Writer of Color (Hardcover 9780195123418) by Barbara Rodriguez

9780195123418. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 240. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Contains: Unspecified. W.E.B. Du Bois Institute. By engaging current approaches to the genre Autobiographical Inscriptions... more

Latin American Women Writers: The Weight of Temptation (Paperback)

Dystopian fantasy political parable morality tale--however one reads it this novel is first and foremost pure Ana María Shua a work of fiction like no other and a dark pleasure to read. Shua an Argentinian writer widely celebrated throughout Latin... more

Pre-Owned Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers : An A-to-Z Guide 9780313316272

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Pre-owned Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers : An Anthology Paperback by Kilcup Karen L. (EDT) ISBN 0631199861 ISBN-13 9780631199861

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Pre-Owned Black Women Writers and the American Neo-Slave Narrative : Femininity Unfettered 9780313308383

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Pre-Owned Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community (Paperback 9780873514286) by Heid E Erdrich Laura Tohe Professor Winona LaDuke

9780873514286. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 252. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 252 p. Native Voices. A captivating anthology of fiction prose and poetry. Contributors include Louise Erdrich Joy Harjo and... more

African American Women Writers Historical Fiction (Paperback)

This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Nunes approach to the texts aims at emphasizing the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels set in the context... more

Pre-Owned A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx (Hardcover 9781400041237) by Elaine Showalter

9781400041237. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 586. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 586 p. In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter s characteristic wit and... more

American Women Writers: Ruth Hall and Other Writings by Fanny Fern (Paperback)

Fanny Fern was one of the most popular American writers of the mid-nineteenth century the first woman newspaper columnist in the United States and the most highly paid newspaper writer of her day. This volume gathers together for the first time almost... more

Native Voices: Sister Nations : Native American Women Writers On Community (Paperback)

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Speaking the Other Self: American Women Writers (Paperback)

Exploring a variety of writers over an array of time periods subject matter race and ethnicity sexual preference tradition genre and style this volume represents the fruits of the dramatic and celebrated growth of the study of American women writers... more

Pre-Owned A Day at a Time: The Diary Literature of American Women Writers from 1764 to the Present (Paperback 9780935312515) by Margo Culley

9780935312515. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 368. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. This richly textured portrait of American women reveals the remarkable strengths and resources of ordinary women.... more

Intersectional Trauma in American Women Writers Incest Novels from the 1990s (Hardcover)

This book explores the intersections of sexualized gendered and racialized traumas in five US novels about father-daughter incest from the 1990s. It examines how incest can be connected to wider past and present structural oppression and institutional... more

Pre-Owned 38 Short Stories by American Women Writers: Five Books 9780486294599 Used

9780486294599. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 512. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 512 p. Louisa May Alcott s Short Stories Willa Cather s Paul s Case and Other Stories Kate Chopin s A Pair of Silk Stockings... more

Pre-Owned Too Smart to Be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers (Paperback) 0268027730 9780268027735

9780268027735. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 268. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 268 p. In a series of critical and biographical essays Too Smart to Be Sentimental offers a feminist literary history of... more

Pre-Owned Writing Red: An Anthology of American Women Writers 1930-1940 (Paperback 9780935312768) by Charlotte Nekola Professor Paula Rabinowitz Toni Morrison

9780935312768. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 368. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. This comprehensive collection of fiction poetry and reportage by revolutionary... more

Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Neglected American Women Writers of the Long Nineteenth Century (Paperback)

Neglected American Women Writers of the Long Nineteenth Century edited by Verena Laschinger and Sirpa Salenius is a collection of essays that offer a fresh perspective and original analyses of texts by American women writers of the long nineteenth... more

American Women Writers to 1800 9780195084535 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned Hobomok & Other Writings on Indians by Lydia Maria Child (American Women Writers) Hardcover

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