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1 online resource (250 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; The Enclosure of Identity in the Earlier Stories; A Bibliography of Writings by Joyce Carol Oates; A Bibliography of Writings about Joyce Carol Oates; The Struggle with Love; A Bibliography of Writings by Mary Gordon; A Bibliography of Writings about Mary Gordon; The Bond between Narrator and Heroine in Democracy; A Bibliography of Writings by Joan Didion; A Bibliography of Writings about Joan Didion; Of Cars, Time, and the River; A Bibliography of Writings by Louise Erdrich. |
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A Bibliography of Writings about Louise ErdrichThe Uses of Adultery; A Bibliography of Writings by Alison Lurie; A Bibliography of Writings about Alison Lurie; The Power of Memory, Family, and Space; A Bibliography of Writings by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer; A Bibliography of Writings about Susan Fromberg Schaeffer; The Dance of Character and Community; A Bibliography of Writings by Toni Cade Bambara; A Bibliography of Writings about Toni Cade Bambara; The Odd Woman and Literary Feminism; A Bibliography of Writings by Gail Godwin; A Bibliography of Writings about Gail Godwin. |
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Women's Narrative and the Recreation of HistoryA Bibliography of Writings by Jayne Anne Phillips; A Bibliography of Writings about Jayne Anne Phillips; ""Ambiguity of Steel""; A Selected Bibliography of Writings by Mary Lee Settle; A Selected Bibliography of Writings about Mary Lee Settle; Notes on the Writers; Notes on the Contributors. |
| Summary |
American literature is no longer the refuge of the solitary hero. Like the society it mirrors, it is now a far richer, many-faceted explication of a complicated and diverse society -- racially, culturally, and ethnically interwoven and at the same time fractured and fractious. Ten women writing fiction in America today -- Toni Cade Bambara, Joan Didion, Louise Erdrich, Gail Godwin, Mary Gordon, Alison Lurie, Joyce Carol Oates, Jayne Anne Phillips, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, and Mary Lee Settle -- represent that geographic, ethnic, and racial diversity that is distinctively American. Their differ. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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20th century |
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American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Psychological fiction, American. |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Pearlman, Mickey. American Women Writing Fiction : Memory, Identity, Family, Space. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813116570 |
| ISBN |
9780813157825 (electronic book) |
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081315782X (electronic book) |
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