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Memoirs of a Medieval Woman Memoirs of a Medieval Woman Louise Collis From back cover: This unique biography tells the story of an extraordinary fifteenth-century woman who journeyed all over Europe from England to the Holy Land. A vigorous and passionate woman, Marger… OL101349W
Heretical Hellenism Heretical Hellenism Shanyn Fiske "The prevailing assumption regarding the Victorians' relationship to ancient Greece is that Greek knowledge constituted an exclusive discourse within elite male domains. Heretical Hellenism: Women Wr… OL11938188W
Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Bronte Margaret Blom Extended critical discussions of The Professor, Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette emphasize their thematic burdens and biographical elements. OL12385283W
Transcending the new woman Transcending the new woman Charlotte J. Rich "Examines multiethnic women writers' responses to the ideal of the New Woman in America at the dawn of the twentieth century, opening up a world of literary texts that lend new insight, revealing how… OL12512567W
Anna Akhmatova v 1960-e gody Anna Akhmatova v 1960-e gody R. D. Timenchik "The book is a monographic study of the last period of Anna Akhmatova's life. It traces [the] history of her original poetic and prosaic conceptions; explores circumstances under which Ahhmatova's t… OL12680082W
Iris Murdoch and the art of imagining Iris Murdoch and the art of imagining Marije Altorf "Iris Murdoch and the Art of Imagining offers a new appreciation of Iris Murdoch's philosophy, emphasising the importance of images and the imagination for her thought." "This book is first and forem… OL13619881W
The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft Claudia L Johnson Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognised as a writer of formidable talent across a range of genres, including journalism, letters and travel wr… OL15176423W
The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson Wendy Martin Emily Dickinson, one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, remains an intriguing and fascinating writer. The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson includes eleven new essay… OL15181339W
Style, gender, and fantasy in nineteenth-century American women's writing Style, gender, and fantasy in nineteenth-century American women's writing Dorri Beam "Dorri Beam presents an important contribution to nineteenth-century fiction by examining how and why a florid and sensuous style came to be adopted by so many authors. Discussing a diverse range of … OL15537055W
Women and print culture in post-independence Buenos Aires Women and print culture in post-independence Buenos Aires Iona Macintyre The woman question was a subject of discussion in post-independence Buenos Aires, reflected in the press and in the book world where writers contemplated the nature, role and status of women, linking… OL15588429W
The passion of Ayn Rand The passion of Ayn Rand Barbara Branden The bestselling biography of one of the 20th century's most remarkable and controversial writers. Author Barbara Branden, who knew Rand for nineteen years, provides a matchless portrait of this fierc… OL15844490W
Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott Anne Colver A biography of the New England authoress whose own life and family provided much of the material for some of her most famous novels. OL15862085W
Female writers Female writers Richard Scott Rennert A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers, including Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni. OL16064654W
H.D. H.D. Harold Bloom Summary, A collection of nine critical essays on the American poetand novelist, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. OL16093610W
American women writers to 1800 American women writers to 1800 Sharon M. Harris American Women Writers to 1800 advances our knowledge of early American culture. Including works by more than ninety women, many of whom have never before been published, this ambitious anthology cap… OL16100538W
Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin Harold Bloom A collection of nine critical essays on "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. OL16290776W
Women writers of the short story Women writers of the short story Heather McClave A collection of essays on the work of six female American short story writers: Sarah Orne Jewett, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. Authors a… OL16477596W
Critical perspectives on Indo-Caribbean women's literature Critical perspectives on Indo-Caribbean women's literature Joy A. I. Mahabir,Mariam Pirbhai "This book is the first collection on Indo-Caribbean women's writing and the first work to offer a sustained analysis of the literature from a range of theoretical and critical perspectives, such as … OL16557931W
Arab women writers Arab women writers Ferial Ghazoul,Radwa Ashour,Hasna Reda-mekdashi "Arab women's writing in the modern age began with A'isha al-Taymuriya, Warda al-Yaziji, Zaynab Fawwaz, and other nineteenth-century pioneers in Egypt and the Levant. This unique study - first publis… OL16941734W
Women peasant poets in eighteenth-century England, Scotland, and Germany Women peasant poets in eighteenth-century England, Scotland, and Germany Susanne Kord "This is the first comparative study of a highly unlikely group of authors: eighteenth-century women peasants in England, Scotland, and Germany, women who, as a rule, received little or no formal edu… OL16943640W
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