A to Z of American women writers / Carol Kort.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Facts On File, c2000.Description: xiii, 274 p. : ports. 24 cmISBN:
  • 816037272
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 147 .K845 2000
Summary: and Rita Dove (1952-present), Poet and short story writer. www.alibris.comSummary: Harriet A. Jacobs (1813-1897), AutobiographerSummary: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), NovelistSummary: Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-present), Novelist and memoiristSummary: Nellie Bly (1865-1922), JournalistSummary: Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), Novelist and biographerSummary: Toni Morrison (1931-present), Novelist and essayistSummary: 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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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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