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- Davidson, Cathy N. [Editor]; Wagner-Martin, Linda [Editor]; Ammon
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195066081
ISBN-13
9780195066081
eBay Product ID (ePID)
68430
Product Key Features
Book Title
Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
Number of Pages
1056 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Women Authors, American / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.5 in
Item Weight
58.9 Oz
Item Length
6.6 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
94-026359
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"What is unique about this volume is that it aims to explore the entirerange of women's writing in a multidisciplinary framework. The reader will learnalmost as much about current trends and issues in the disciplines of literatureand women's studies as about women's writing itself."--Booklist, "A veritable pinata of scholarly treats, this Oxford Companion is not onlyauthoritative and up-to-date but is full of surprising bonuses in the form ofcompact mini-essays on everything from 'Backlash' to 'Ranting', from'Grandmothers' to 'Rape.' It renders the lush cacophony of women's writing intoits myriad individual notes, accessible at the flip of a page.Indispensable."--Alix Kates Schulman, "In addition to superb entries on a wealth of women writers, both knownand unknown, The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States offersincisive discussions of topics ranging from ecofeminism to pan-Africanism totextbooks by and for women. As a result of this comprehensive inclusiveness, wehave here the indispensable guide to the history, accomplishments, themes andtheories of women's writing in the United States, from colonial beginnings tothe present. Every entry is a goldmine of insight and information."--AnnetteKolodny, author of The Land Before Her and The Lay of the Land, and Professor ofComparative Cultural and Literary Studies, The University of Arizona, "In addition to superb entries on a wealth of women writers, both known and unknown, The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States offers incisive discussions of topics ranging from ecofeminism to pan-Africanism to textbooks by and for women. As a result of this comprehensiveinclusiveness, we have here the indispensable guide to the history, accomplishments, themes and theories of women's writing in the United States, from colonial beginnings to the present. Every entry is a goldmine of insight and information."--Annette Kolodny, author of The Land Before Her and TheLay of the Land, and Professor of Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, The University of Arizona, "Inclusive and representative, the Companion is, unquestionably, animportant addition to the already vast body of reference literature in women'sstudies, and for many users at different levels, will provide a valuablepoint-of-entry into the feminist scholarship in American literarystudies."--Harvard Review, "If you want information fast and if you want it smart, ask women. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States contains clear, accurate, exciting... accounts of major topics and figures in American culture: definitely not for women only. First-rate as a reference text and as abook to browse, incredibly well informed and readable at the same time."--Jane Tompkins, author of West of Everything, "What is unique about this volume is that it aims to explore the entire range of women's writing in a multidisciplinary framework. The reader will learn almost as much about current trends and issues in the disciplines of literature and women's studies as about women's writingitself."--Booklist, "It is wonderful that the book exists at all, and that it has been conscientiously done."--Marilyn French, "An indispensable research tool for Americanists and feminist scholars. It has been prpoduced in record time, without any signs of haste--on the contrary, an enormous range of entries, readable and thorough biographies, challenging critical statements (as in the piece on "Conservatism). Theeditors are to be congratulated."--Elaine Showalter, author of Sister's Choice: Traidition and Change in American Women's Writing and A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing, "Inclusive and representative, the Companion is, unquestionably, an important addition to the already vast body of reference literature in women's studies, and for many users at different levels, will provide a valuable point-of-entry into the feminist scholarship in American literarystudies."--Harvard Review, "It is wonderful that the book exists at all, and that it has beenconscientiously done."--Marilyn French, "An indispensable research tool for Americanists and feminist scholars. Ithas been prpoduced in record time, without any signs of haste--on the contrary,an enormous range of entries, readable and thorough biographies, challengingcritical statements (as in the piece on "Conservatism). The editors are to becongratulated."--Elaine Showalter, author of Sister's Choice: Traidition andChange in American Women's Writing and A Literature of Their Own: British WomenNovelists from Bronte to Lessing, "If you want information fast and if you want it smart, ask women. TheOxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States contains clear,accurate, exciting, no bull-shit accounts of major topics and figures inAmerican culture: definitely not for women only. First-rate as a reference textand as a book to browse, incredibly well informed and readable at the sametime."--Jane Tompkins, author of West of Everything, "A veritable pinata of scholarly treats, this Oxford Companion is not only authoritative and up-to-date but is full of surprising bonuses in the form of compact mini-essays on everything from 'Backlash' to 'Ranting', from 'Grandmothers' to 'Rape.' It renders the lush cacophony of women'swriting into its myriad individual notes, accessible at the flip of a page. Indispensable."--Alix Kates Schulman
Dewey Decimal
810.9/9287/03 B
Synopsis
From Anne Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America in the seventeenth century, to Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize in 1993, women writers have woven a rich tapestry of voices across four centuries of American history. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and highly informative survey of these writers and their work as it illuminates the issues that fired their imaginations. Here is a goldmine of information about women's writing, women's history, and women's concerns--over eight hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications to extensive essays. The volume boasts contributions by many well-known thinkers, including Susan Faludi Deborah Tannen, Jane Gallop, Nell Irvin Painter, and Trudier Harris. There are nearly four hundred biographical entries, touching on not only important poets, novelists, and playwrights (including such modern figures as Wendy Wasserstein, Anne Tyler, Alice Walker, and Tama Janowitz), but also women writers who have made important contributions in other fields, such as Betty Friedan, Rachel Carson, Margaret Mead, Aimee Semple McPherson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. The book approaches women's writing from a stunning array of historical, regional, and multicultural perspectives. It explores genres such as children's literature, diaries and journals, erotica, domestic fiction, etiquette books, gothic fiction, lesbian drama, performance art, cookbooks, and reportage. And perhaps most important, there is extensive coverage of the many personal, cultural, and historical issues that have been explored by and have influenced the lives and productivity of women writers, including AIDS, race and racism, violence and sexual harassment, the Civil War, the civil rights movement, and much more. Each article is accompanied by suggestions for further reading; and there is extensive cross-referencing, a timeline that locates writers in their historical and social context, and a useful general bibliography. The women who have written beautifully, poignantly, tenderly, humorously, or powerfully about America and American lives are indeed a heterogeneous group. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States captures this remarkable diversity, painting a fascinating portrait of women and women's writing in America., From Anne Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America in the seventeenth century, to Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize in 1993, women writers have woven a rich tapestry of voices across four centuries of American history. Their writings have embraced a marvelous diversity of visions, including those of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Cynthia Ozick, Gwendolyn Brooks, Kate Chopin, Maya Angelou, Annie Dillard, Joan Didion, Edith Wharton, Adrienne Rich, Djuna Barnes, and Willa Cather. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and highly informative survey of these writers and their work as it illuminates the issues that fired their imaginations. Here is a goldmine of information about women's writing, women's history, and women's concerns--over eight hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications to extensive essays. The volume boasts contributions by many well-known thinkers, including Susan Faludi writing on backlash, Deborah Tannen on communications between the sexes, Jane Gallop on Lacanian psychoanalysis, Nell Irvin Painter on Sojourner Truth, and Trudier Harris on Toni Morrison. There are nearly four hundred biographical entries, touching on not only important poets, novelists, and playwrights (including such modern figures as Wendy Wasserstein, Anne Tyler, Alice Walker, and Tama Janowitz), but also women writers who have made important contributions in other fields, such as Betty Friedan, Rachel Carson, Margaret Mead, Aimee Semple McPherson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. Perhaps most important, there is extensive coverage of the many personal, cultural, and historical issues that have been explored by and have influenced the lives and productivity of women writers, including AIDS, race and racism, violence and sexual harassment, the Civil War, the civil rights movement, and much more. There is also coverage of the publishing world (including bookstores and women's presses), the art and practice of writing, and contemporary literary criticism (including lesbian literary theory, black feminism, and deconstruction). The women who have written beautifully, poignantly, tenderly, humorously, or powerfully about America and American lives are indeed a heterogeneous group. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States captures this remarkable diversity, painting a fascinating portrait of women and women's writing in America.
LC Classification Number
PS147.O94 1995
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