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Boyle, Kay - 1903–93, American writer, b. St. Paul, Minn. A European expatriate in the interwar years, she returned to Europe as a correspondent for the New Yorker (1946–53) and subsequently taught English at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State Univ.). Her novels and stories often illuminate a desperate moment when courageous action is demanded although tragedy will

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Kay Boyle: Artist and Activist » Read Now
by Sandra Whipple Spanier. 262 pgs.

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America's 93 Greatest Living Authors Present This Is My Best: Over 150 Self-Chosen and Complete Masterpieces, Together with Their Reasons for Their Selections (1942) ("Kay Boyle Story They Weren't Going to Die" begins on p. 1005) » Read Now
by Whit Burnett. 1188 pgs.

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Writers and Writing ("An Interview with Kay Boyle: Expatriate" begins on p. 193) » Read Now
by Robert van Gelder. 388 pgs.

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Abortion, Identity Formation, and the Expatriate Woman Writer: H.D. and Kay Boyle in the Twenties, in Twentieth Century Literature » Read Now
by Donna Hollenberg. 17 pgs.

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Faith of a (Woman) Writer (Chap. 8 "Kay Boyle: In a Woman's Voice") » Read Now
by Alice Kessler-Harris, William McBrien. 358 pgs.

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Reflecting the salient undercurrents of contemporary researh on women writers, this volume is an appraisal of the work of the writer as woman and presents critics' perceptions about how women writers have dealt with the complexity of changing female visions in the 20th century. Each of the 34...
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Reflecting the salient undercurrents of contemporary researh on women writers, this volume is an appraisal of the work of the writer as woman and presents critics' perceptions about how women writers have dealt with the complexity of changing female visions in the 20th century. Each of the 34 essays, contributed by some of today's most distinguished writers, speaks to the work of a particular 20th-century woman writer, and each constitutes a contribution to the scholarly debate.
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The School of Femininity: A Book for and about Women as They Are Interpretated through Feminine Writers of Yesterday and Today ("Kay Boyle" begins on p. 278) » Read Now
by Margaret Lawrence. 390 pgs.

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American Novelists of Today ("Kay Boyle" begins on p. 44) » Read Now
by Harry R. Warfel. 478 pgs.

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American Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960 ("Kay Boyle" begins on p. 33) » Read Now
by Harold Bloom. 177 pgs.

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Part of an ongoing series covering the texts and lives of the most important women writers of English, this book contains introductory essays by Harold Bloom and provides biographical information, a wide selection of critical excerpts, and complete bibliographies of 11 authors.
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Authors Today and Yesterday: A Companion Volume to Living Authors (1933) ("Kay Boyle 1903-" begins on p. 85) » Read Now
by Wilbur C. Hadden, Howard Haycraft, Stanley J. Kunitz. 730 pgs.

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Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties ("Kay Boyle and The Saturday Evening Post" begins on p. 128) » Read Now
by Edmund Wilson. 536 pgs.

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American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook ("Kay Boyle (1902-1992)" begins on p. 45) » Read Now
by Laurie Champion, Emmanuel S. Nelson. 412 pgs.

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Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons, not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945, a...
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Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons, not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945, a period that embraces two major artistic movements, Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a review of the author's critical reception, and extensive primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume reflects the diversity of American culture through its coverage of African American, Native American, Mexican American, and Chinese American women writers.
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