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Books on: american women writers

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American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Laurie Champion, Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2000

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American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--20th Century--Dictionaries, American Literature--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--Women Authors--Dictionaries, Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Fiction, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Women Authors, American--Biography--Dictionaries

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...1996. Buhle Maril J. Women and the American Left. A Guide to Sources...Bambara , ed. The Black Woman: An Anthology . New...Twentieth Century American Women Writers . New York: Harper Perennial...of the Afro-American Woman Novelist . New York...
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The (Other) American Traditions: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers

Book by Joyce W. Warren; Rutgers University Press, 1993

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American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Authors, American--19th Century--Biography, Fiction, Women And Literature--United States--History--19th Century, Women Authors, American--Biography

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...that the work by these women writers was as interesting to scholars...anthologies of nineteenth-century American women writers in 1985-- Hidden Hands , edited...Rutgers began publishing the American Women Writers series in 1986, and the Schomburg...
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Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Denise D. Knight, Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 1997

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American Literature--19th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--19th Century--Dictionaries, American Literature--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--Women Authors--Dictionaries, Authors, American--19th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Fiction, Women And Literature--United States--History--19th Century--Dictionaries, Women Authors, American--Biography--Dictionaries

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...incomplete picture of American cultural history provided...almost exclusively by male writers. Despite both the resurgent...Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical...seventy- seven American women writers of the nineteenth...representative of the women writers publishing during...the writings of each woman aid in illuminating the...
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Mules and Dragons: Popular Culture Images in the Selected Writings of African-American and Chinese-American Women Writers

Book by Mary E. Young; Greenwood Press, 1993

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American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Chinese American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Popular Culture In Literature, Stereotype (Psychology) In Literature, Women And Literature--United States

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...the Chinese-American writers who choose to ignore...United States, African-American women writers have preferred...from it. Chinese-American women writers have not...similar to African-American women writers during...fascination with African-Americans as exotic primitives...
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Claiming a Tradition: Italian American Women Writers

Book by Mary Jo Bona; Southern Illinois University Press, 1999

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American Literature--Italian American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Italian Influences, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Italian American Women--Intellectual Life, Italian Americans In Literature, Italy--In Literature, Women And Literature--United States--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...imaginative topography for writers such as Benasutti and...woven into the fabric of American literary history. In this way, Italian American writers are also claiming...their relationship to American ideals of freedom and...these ideals, Italian women experienced a loosening...

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Journal Articles on: american women writers

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Recovering Recovery: Early American Women and Legacy's Future

Journal article by Theresa Strouth Gaul; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 26, 2009

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American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Works, Women writers--Criticism and interpretation, Women writers--Works

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...variety of early Americans cultural expressions...conclusion for early American literature...productions by women writers of this era...scholars of women writers from Anne Bradstreet...multiple ways women have been silenced...early Native American studies, is...and African Americans during the colonial...
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"Across the Gulf": Working in the "Post-Recovery" Era

Journal article by Sharon M. Harris; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 26, 2009

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American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Postwar reconstruction--Social aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Portrayals, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Portrayals, Women authors--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Works, Women writers--Criticism and interpretation, Women writers--Works

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...Phelps drew on writers as diverse as...lesser-known writers to collect fiction...representative Americans who were loyal...dangers, as a few women learned. Jane...expression of women from all races...ethnicities? US WOMEN WRITERS LIVING ABROAD...constitutes "American literature...
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Walters, Tracey L. African American Literature and the Classicist Tradition: Black Women Writers from Wheatley to Morrison

Journal article by Jennifer C. Rossi; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 41, 2009

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African American Literature and the Classicist Tradition: Black Women Writers from Wheatley to Morrison (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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...L. African American Literature and...Tradition: Black Women Writers from...Black women writers reconfigure...Black women writers use of the classics...eighteenth-century writer Phillis Wheatley...challenge to African Americans to learn Greek...regarding African American authors by classicists...readers and writers became more...contemporary Black women through their...
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American Women Writers: A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx

Journal article by Christopher Benfey, Hermione Lee; Biography, Vol. 32, 2009

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A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx (Biography)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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American Women Writers: A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from...stated aim to integrate the careers and contributions of American women writers into our narrative of American literary history overall. Wouldnt it help the cause...
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Transforming Scriptures: African American Women Writers and the Bible

Journal article by Kimberly Rae Connor; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 60, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, Transforming Scriptures: African American Women Writers and the Bible (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Scriptures: African American Women Writers and the Bible. by Kimberly...development of African American religious life; and...orientation for African American literature. The relationship...with them. African American literary and religious...functions for African Americans; but primarily the...

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Magazine Articles on: american women writers

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Women of Mystery (Female Canadian Mystery Writers)

Magazine article by Lyn Cockburn; Herizons, Vol. 8, Summer 1994

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African Americans, Black literature, Canadian literature, Crime, Literature, Murders & murder attempts, Mysteries, Violent crime, Women, Writers

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...right. Women mystery writers do develop their characters...Kilbourn is an ordinary woman who worries about her...authors who write about women as they are. Their...books are attractive women who often dare to be...there are no demsels who woman piteously, attractively...rescued. Indeed, many women readers can now pick...the Canadian woman writer is no newcomer on the...
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Julia Alvarez: Progenitor of a Movement: This Dominican-American Writer Weaves Passionate Sensibilities through Her Works with the Gift of Seeing through Others' Eyes

Magazine article by Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, March 2007

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Alvarez, Julia (Writer)--Biography, Women authors--Biography, Women writers--Biography

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...Dominican-American Writer Weaves Passionate...daring, intrepid writers or poets who...boom" of women writers in the...significant women writers of the 20th...have been a writer at the watershed...creates a great writer. Winning awards...Berkeleys Third Woman Press in 1986...the Bread Loaf Writers Conference...a circle of women poets in New...
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What's Behind the Big Boom in Black Women Writers

Magazine article by Charles Whitaker; Ebony, Vol. 55, March 2000

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African American women authors--Works, African American women--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...long-term outlook for women writers is a bit cloudy as well...means theyre going after writers who already have a name...publishing of new African-American writers has leveled off...wouldnt want to be a writer trying to make a start...
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Black Women Writers Are Making Herstory

Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 60, March 2005

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Afterburn (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists (Book)--Book reviews, Speak So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale (Book)--Book reviews, Venus & Serena: Serving from the Hip: 10 Rules for Living, Loving and Winning (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Black Women Writers Are Making Herstory...many prominent Black woman authors as their literary...overcoming spirit of Black women artists is CREATING...HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS by Lisa...history of African-Americans womens contributions to American art movements and also...
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Literary Cubs, Canceling out Each Other's Reticence: Letters between Federal Writers' Project Cohorts Richard Wright and Nelson Algren Depict a Mutual Admiration Rare among Young Novelists

Magazine article by David A. Taylor; American Scholar, Vol. 78, Spring 2009

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Algren, Nelson--Appreciation, Algren, Nelson--Records and correspondence, Authors--Appreciation, Authors--Records and correspondence, Wright, Richard (American writer)--Appreciation, Wright, Richard (American writer)--Records and correspondence, Writers--Appreciation, Writers--Records and correspondence

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...for the Federal Writers Project, a New...a wide range of American life. Like other...own start as a writer. The Chicago FWP...member. "These writers will get an education...Dont let that woman put an arm around...brought that world to American literature. Their...People: The WPA Writers Project Uncovers...America and the writer/producer of a...

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Newspaper Articles on: american women writers

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WANTED: IRISH WIFE FOR AMERICAN WOMAN; Rich Writer's Search for Soul Mate after a String of Failed Marriages

Newspaper article by Nicola Tallant; The Mirror (London, England), September 10, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WANTED: IRISH WIFE FOR AMERICAN WOMAN; Rich Writers Search for Soul Mate...the middle-aged US writer met him last week and...relationship with a woman and even said if she...quite a wealthy career woman. She is a writer and...marriage with another woman. She is insistent that...matching up men and women," the shocked matchmaker...
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What Happened When the Mail's Liz Jones Dated the American Writer Who Says British Women Are Slobs; What Happened When the Mail's Liz Jones Dated the American Writer Who Says British Women Are Slobs

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 28, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Mails Liz Jones Dated the American Writer Who Says British Women Are Slobs; What Happened When the Mails Liz Jones Dated the American Writer Who Says British Women...the Mails Liz Jones dated the American writer whosays British women...
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Women Taking the Lead at Royal Court Next Year; New Role: Miranda Richardson and Jane Horrocks, Far Left, Will Star in Plays by American Writer Wallace Shawn

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 6, 2008

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Women Taking the Lead at Royal...Will Star in Plays by American Writer Wallace Shawn. Byline...Higgins stars in one-woman show The Fever, as...this." Ravenhill, writer of Shopping And F...Ruth Jones, co-writer of BBC hit Gavin And...of the Courts Young Writers Festival, which has...
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This A[euro][approximately]would Not Happen in Mass'; Aboriginal Woman Says Arrest Was Religious Discrimination, Police Set Kids Screaming

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), September 29, 2011

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Indigenous peoples, Jennings, John (American writer), Sex discrimination against women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...This Aeuroapproximatelywould Not Happen in Mass; Aboriginal Woman Says Arrest Was Religious Discrimination, Police Set Kids Screaming...wrong, this is our religious practice. aIm a Githbul Ngarakbul woman. People look at us and think were de-tribalised blacks but...
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Two Women Writers, Their Classics

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 21, 2006

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Undset, Sigrid, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Two Women Writers, Their Classics. Byline...TIMES Two notable women writers, admired as both international...She was a successful writer by her early 30s, known...success of "Little Women" (1868-69) was...since become part of our American mythology. Everyone...Of course "Little Women" is sentimental, but...creator an accomplished woman who earns success as...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: american women writers

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Spanish American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE the writings...early 19th cent. Prose writers and poets, imbued with...but also a prolific writer and educator. His Life...classics of Spanish American letters. The emphasis...peoples. Modernismo The writers of Spanish America in...and movements. Three women poets, Alfonsina Storni...
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Hardwick, Elizabeth

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ELIZABETH 1916 2007, American literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer, b. Lexington, Ky...Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature (1974...characters and of such writers as Virginia Woolf...and Sight-Readings: American Fictions (1998...1961) and a work on American women writers (1977...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...tragedies, which emphasize women characters and psychological...but although such writers as William Butler Yeats...trilogy; and in such American plays as Jason Millers...imitators), explored American culture with a kind...1976 ); the Canadian writer-director Robert Lepages...by and about African Americans emerged as a significant...black American life; writers including Ed Bullins...
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California

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...controlled by the All-American Canal , which draws...simultaneously elect two women to the U.S. Senate...Christianize the Native Americans but also forced them...34) and the Native Americans released from their...degradation of Native American peoples, which continued...disorder. American writers such as Bret Harte and...
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Fitzgerald), 1896 1940, American novelist and short-story writer, b. St. Paul, Minn...among the great American writers of the 20th cent. Fitzgerald...spiritually bankrupt men and women he wrote about led lives...celebrated circle of American expatriates. Fitzgeralds...Ala., was also a writer. She was intermittently...

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