American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, Volume 1Lina Mainiero This guide presents bio-bibliographical essays, with some critical comments, on a wide range of American women writers of all periods. It seeks to include all women writers of established reputation; a representative selection of popular writers; "nontraditional" writers of diaries and letters; and of children's literature; and writers "best known for extraliterary achievements who have had a wide general resdership." The entries on writers include brief biographical data, critical evaluation of their works, and bibliographies of works by and about them. (For use only in the library). |
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