TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kort, Carol.
TI  - A to Z of American women writers
SN  - 816037272
AV  - PS 147 .K845 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Facts On File
KW  - American literature
N1  - Subtitle on cover: a biographical dictionary; Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and indexes
N2  -  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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