A to Z of American women writers / Carol Kort.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Facts On File, c2000.Description: xiii, 274 p. : ports. 24 cmISBN:- 816037272
- PS 147 .K845 2000
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Subtitle on cover: a biographical dictionary.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and indexes.
and Rita Dove (1952-present), Poet and short story writer. www.alibris.com
Harriet A. Jacobs (1813-1897), Autobiographer
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), Novelist
Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-present), Novelist and memoirist
Nellie Bly (1865-1922), Journalist
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), Novelist and biographer
Toni Morrison (1931-present), Novelist and essayist
This volume profiles more than 150 women whose works have greatly influenced American writing. Each profile features an in-depth examination of its subject's biography, literary and personal influences as well as a discussion of each writer's major works, and a further reading section listing sources for further study on the author or her works. Profiles include: Mary Rowlandson (c. 1635-1711), Nonfiction writer
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