The Longman Anthology of Women's Literature
- ISBN-10
- 032101006X
- ISBN-13
- 9780321010063
- Category
- American literature
- Pages
- 1465
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Longman Publishing Group
- Author
- Mary K. DeShazer
Description
Offering readers key women's writings from the eighth century to the present, this global and multicultural anthology includes selections written in English by women from Great Britain and the U.S. as well as Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Croatia, Ghana, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa. Organized thematically, the anthology emphasizes five important topics for women writers finding a voice, writing the body, rethinking the maternal, identity and difference, and resistance and transformation. Pivotal works of feminist theory by Woolf, Cixous, Showalter, hooks, Trinh, and others are also included. For those interested in women's literature.
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