Books

6 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn a… OL115631W
The Matrimonial Trap The Matrimonial Trap Laura E. Thomason Mary Delany’s phrase “the matrimonial trap” illuminates the apprehension with which genteel women of the eighteenth century viewed marriage. These women were generally required to marry in order to s… OL16815755W
British women writers and the reception of ancient Egypt, 1840-1910 British women writers and the reception of ancient Egypt, 1840-1910 Molly Youngkin "Focusing on British women writers' knowledge of ancient Egypt, Molly Youngkin shows how British women writers' encounters with textual and visual representations of ancient Egyptian women such as Ha… OL22318244W
Germaine de Staël, George Sand, and the Victorian woman artist Germaine de Staël, George Sand, and the Victorian woman artist Linda M. Lewis "By examining literary portraits of the woman as artist, Linda M. Lewis traces the matrilineal inheritance of four Victorian novelists and poets: George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Geraldine J… OL2714538W
To write like a woman To write like a woman Joanna Russ From the back cover: Joanna Russ has written -- as novelist, short-story writer, and critic -- on science fiction, fantasy, and feminism. These essays reflect the breadth of Russ's critical work,… OL3332547W
The madwoman in the attic The madwoman in the attic Sandra M. Gilbert Discusses the works of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Emily Dickinson. OL545633W