| Description |
234 pages : portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Ann Beattie, the art of the missing / Carolyn Porter -- Grace Paley, chaste compactness / Ronald Schleifer -- Annie Dillard, narrative fringe / William J. Scheick -- Anne Redmon, the fugal procedure of Music and silence / Catherine Rainwater -- Cynthia Ozick, invention and orthodoxy / Ellen Pifer -- Anne Tyler, medusa points and contact points / Mary F. Robertson -- Alice Walker, the dialect and letters of The color purple / Elizabeth Fifer -- Maxine Hong |
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Kingston, narrative technique and female identity / Suzanne Juhasz -- Toni Morrison, mastery of narrative / Linda W. Wagner -- Marge Piercy, the double narrative structure of Small changes / Elaine Tuttle Hansen and William J. Scheick. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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American fiction -- Women authors -- Bibliography.
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Rainwater, Catherine, 1953-
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Scheick, William J.
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| ISBN |
0813115582 |
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9780813115580 |
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0813101689 paperback |
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9780813101682 paperback |
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