A jury of her peers :
Showalter, Elaine.
A jury of her peers : American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx. by Elaine Showalter. - First Edition - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. - xvii, 586 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A new literature springs up in the new world -- Revolution: women's rights and women's writing -- Their native land -- Finding a form -- Masterpieces and mass markets -- Slavery, race, and women's writing -- The Civil War -- The coming woman -- American sibyls -- New women -- The golden morrow -- Against women's writing: Wharton and Cather -- You might as well live -- The Great Depression -- The 1940s: World War II and after -- The 1950s: the three faces of Eve -- The 1960s: live or die -- The 1970s: the will to change -- The 1980s: on the jury -- The 1990s: anything she wants.
9781400041237
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors--Bio-bibliography.
Women and literature--History.--United States
Women--Intellectual life.--United States
Women in literature.
PS 147 / .Sh82 2009
A jury of her peers : American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx. by Elaine Showalter. - First Edition - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. - xvii, 586 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A new literature springs up in the new world -- Revolution: women's rights and women's writing -- Their native land -- Finding a form -- Masterpieces and mass markets -- Slavery, race, and women's writing -- The Civil War -- The coming woman -- American sibyls -- New women -- The golden morrow -- Against women's writing: Wharton and Cather -- You might as well live -- The Great Depression -- The 1940s: World War II and after -- The 1950s: the three faces of Eve -- The 1960s: live or die -- The 1970s: the will to change -- The 1980s: on the jury -- The 1990s: anything she wants.
9781400041237
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors--Bio-bibliography.
Women and literature--History.--United States
Women--Intellectual life.--United States
Women in literature.
PS 147 / .Sh82 2009
