Women of Words: A Personal Introduction to Thirty-Five Important Writers

ISBN 10: 156138769X / ISBN 13: 9781561387694

Verlag: Courage Books September 1996, 1996

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 85311

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Women of Words: A Personal Introduction to Thirty-Five Important Writers
• Verlag: Courage Books September 1996
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 156138769X
• ISBN-13: 9781561387694
• Einband: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Powell, Jenny
• Zustand: Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Anthologies::Prose

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Inhaltsangabe

Against long odds, the thirty-five women featured in this anthology took charge of their creative destinies and created powerful, enduring works that captured the world's attention. Together they represent the best of women's literature in English from the last two centuries.
Through biographies and original portraits, Women of Words reveals each writer as an author and as a woman. The lives of these writers are fascinating, easily as rich and eventful as the lives of the characters they created. Each writer also is represented by telling selections from her finest works.
Here, Mary Wollstonecraft challenges the politics of her contemporaries; Doris Lessing probes the difficulties faced by working women; and Toni Morrison creates a memorable character with a unique view of what is most important in life.

Reseña del editor

A fascinating introduction to the world of women's literature encompasses an anthology of the best in women's writing from the last two centuries, featuring works by Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Flannery O'Connor, and others, along with brief profiles of each author.