Encyclopedia of feminist literature

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Davis Library (7th floor)

Call Number
PN471 .S58 2006
Status
Available

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Summary

An accessible one-volume encyclopedia, this addition to the Literary Movements series is a comprehensive reference guide to the history and development of feminist literature, from early fairy tales to works by great women writers of today. Hundreds of informative A-to-Z entries cover a wide range of works and writers from around the world, as well as a range of genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and criticism. Focusing on the feminist works and writers that most often appear in high school and college curricula, ""Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature"" is the definitive resource for this movement. Its coverage includes writers such as Willa Cather, George Eliot, Helen Keller, Anais Nin, and Gloria Steinem; works such as ""The Bell Jar"", ""The Feminist Mystique"", ""Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman"", and ""The Woman Warrior"", characters such as Cinderella, Hester Prynne, and the Wife of Bath; and much more.

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An accessible one-volume encyclopedia, this addition to the Literary Movements series is a comprehensive reference guide to the history and development of feminist literature, from early fairy tales to works by great women writers of today. Hundreds of informative A-to-Z entries cover a wide range of works and writers from around the world, as well as a range of genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and criticism. Focusing on the feminist works and writers that most often appear in high school and college curricula, Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature is the definitive resource for this movement. Entries cover: A variety of important feminist writers, including Aphra Behn, Jane Austen, Mary Wollstonecraft, Helen Keller, Betty Friedan, Anaïs Nin, Joyce Carol Oates, Sandra Cisneros, and many more Influential feminist works, such as Lysistrata, Middlemarch, The Bell Jar, The Feminine Mystique, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and The Woman Warrior Feminist literary motifs and issues, such as captivity lore, education, goddess lore, sexuality, and witchcraft. Excerpted from Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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