A jury of her peers American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx

In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--readers are introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.

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Main Author: Showalter, Elaine
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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300 |a xvii, 586 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-562) and index. 
505 0 |a A new literature springs up in the new world -- Revolution : women's rights and women's writing -- Their native land -- Finding a form -- Masterpieces and mass markets -- Slavery, race, and women's writing -- The Civil War -- The coming woman -- American sibyls -- New women -- The golden morrow -- Against women's writing : Wharton and Cather -- You might as well live -- The Great Depression -- The 1940s : World War II and after -- The 1950s : the three faces of Eve -- The 1960s : live or die -- The 1970s : the will to change -- The 1980s : on the jury -- The 1990s : anything she wants. 
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