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Author Showalter, Elaine.

Title A jury of her peers : American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx / by Elaine Showalter.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  810.9 SHOWALTER    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  810.9 SHO    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  810.9928 SHOWALTER    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  810.9928 SHOWALTER    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  810.9 SHO    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  810.9 SHOWALTER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  810.99 SH82    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  810.9 SHOWALTER    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  810.9 SHO    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  810 SHOWALTER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 586 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--readers are introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.
Contents A new literature springs up in the new world -- Revolution: women's rights and women's writing -- Their native land -- Finding a form -- Masterpieces and mass markets -- Slavery, race, and women's writing -- The Civil War -- The coming woman -- American sibyls -- New women -- The golden morrow -- Against women's writing: Wharton and Cather -- You might as well live -- The Great Depression -- The 1940s: World War II and after -- The 1950s: the three faces of Eve -- The 1960s: live or die -- The 1970s: the will to change -- The 1980s: on the jury -- The 1990s: anything she wants.
Subject American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Women authors -- Bio-bibliography.
Women and literature -- United States -- History.
Women -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Women in literature.
ISBN 9781400041237
1400041236
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