A Group of Their Own: College Writing Courses and American Women Writers, 1880-1940

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SUNY Press, Feb 22, 2001 - Literary Criticism - 220 pages
A Group of Their Own is the fascinating story of the first generations of women who went to college to learn to be writers and then launched their careers writing poetry and prose. This unprecedented group included Elizabeth Bishop, Ruby Black, Pearl Buck, Emma Bugbee, Willa Cather, Zona Gale, Mildred Gilman, Zora Neale Hurston, Mary McCarthy, Marianne Moore, Eudora Welty, and Margaret Walker.

 

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BEFORE 1880 THROUGH EXCUSES ONLY
1
THE COLLEGE LITERATURE AND WRITING CLASS
29
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
61
A WRITING CAREER AS SUBJECT
99
CONTINUING THE GROUPS
113
REDEFINITIONS OF WOMEN WRITERS
153
Conclusion
183
Works Cited
187
Index
205
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Katherine H. Adams is the Audrey and William Hutchinson Professor of English at Loyola University. She is the author of a number of books, including A History of Professional Writing Instruction in American Colleges: Years of Acceptance, Growth, and Doubt; Progressive Politics and the Training of America's Persuaders; and (with Michael L. Keene) Research and Writing Across the Disciplines and Easy Access: The Reference Handbook for Writers, Second Edition.

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