| Edition |
1st Midland Book ed. |
| Description |
xii, 274 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Women's autobiography and the male tradition / Estelle C. Jelinek -- Emergence of women's autobiography in England / Cynthia S. Pomerleau -- Quest for community : spiritual autobiographies of eighteenth-century Quaker and Puritan women in America / Carol Edkins -- Harriet Martineau's autobiography : the making of a female philosopher / Mitzi Myers -- Paradox and success of Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Estelle C. Jelinek -- Autobiographer and her readers : from apology to affirmation / Elizabeth Winston -- Selves in hiding / Patrica Meyer Spacks -- In search of the Black female self : African-American women's autobiographies and ethnicity / Regina Blackburn -- Gertrude Stein and the problems of autobiography / James E. Breslin -- Lillian Hellman and the strategy of the "other" / Marcus K. Billson & Sidonie A. Smith -- Metaphysics of matrilinearism in women's autobiography : studies of Mead's Blackberry winter, Hellman's Pentimento, Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings, and Kingston's The woman warrior / Stephanie A. Demetrakopoulos -- Anais Nin's diary in context / Lynn Z. Bloom & Orlee Holder -- Towards a theory of form in feminist autobiography : Kate Millett's Flying and Sita : Maxine Hong Kingston's The woman warrior / Suzanne Juhasz -- Lady's not for spurning : Kate Millett and the critics / Annette Kolodny. |
| Performer |
ISBN 0-253-20241-8 Pbk : -6.00. |
| Subject |
Autobiography -- Women authors.
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Autobiography -- Women authors. |
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Women and literature.
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Women and literature. |
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Letterkunde. |
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Autobiografieën. |
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Vrouwelijke auteurs. |
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Amerikaans. |
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Autobiographies. |
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Écrivaines -- Biographies. |
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Écrits de femmes autobiographiques -- Histoire et critique. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Jelinek, Estelle C.
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| ISBN |
0253191939 |
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9780253191939 |
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0253202418 (paperback) |
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9780253202413 (paperback) |
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