Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Cambridge history of American women's literature The Cambridge history of American women's literature Dale M. Bauer "The field of American women's writing is one characterized by innovation: scholars are discovering new authors and works, as well as new ways of historicizing this literature, rethinking contexts, c… OL16521495W
The Norton anthology of literature by women The Norton anthology of literature by women Sandra M. Gilbert Contains selections written by over 150 women authors from English-speaking countries. Ranges from the fourteenth century to the present. OL17026636W
The Sacred Hoop The Sacred Hoop Paula Gunn Allen This pioneering work documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. In her new preface to this edition, Allen reflects on the rema… OL1890408W
Journeys in new worlds Journeys in new worlds William L. Andrews Contains primary source material. OL19667171W
A literature of their own A literature of their own Elaine Showalter A LITERATURE OF THEIR OWN quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation,… OL2041593W
Poésie au féminin Poésie au féminin Camille Weil "Béatrice de Die, Pernette du Guillet, Louise Labé, Andrée Chedid, Annie Salager, les femmes n'ont jamais cessé d'écrire en poésie à travers les siècles. Elles chantent la nature, l'amour, le temps q… OL26195507W
Les femmes qui écrivent vivent dangereusement Les femmes qui écrivent vivent dangereusement Laure Adler En dressant le portrait d'une cinquantaine d'auteures liées par la même soif d'écriture, depuis le Moyen Age (Hildegarde de Bingen) jusqu'à aujourd'hui (Toni Morrison), cet ouvrage montre que les obs… OL28589851W
Boss ladies, watch out! Boss ladies, watch out! Terry Castle "Boss Ladies, Watch Out! brings together in a convenient format Terry Castle's most scintillating recent essays on literary criticism, women's writing and sexuality. Readers of Castle's many books an… OL3275589W
Mistress to an Age Mistress to an Age J. Christopher Herold J. Christopher Herold vigorously tells the story of the fierce Madame de Stael, revealing her courageous opposition to Napoleon, her whirlwind affairs with the great intellectuals of her day, and her… OL5105957W
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
Eat My Words Eat My Words Janet Theophano "Some people think that a cookbook is just a collection of recipes for dishes that feed the body. In Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives through the Cookbooks They Wrote, Janet Theophano shows that c… OL8717053W