A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to NowA monument to the literary genius of women throughout the ages, A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now is an invaluable collection. Here in one volume are the works of three hundred poets from six different continents and four millennia. This revised edition includes a newly expanded section of American poets from the colonial era to the present. "[A] splendid collection of verse by women" (TIME) throughout the ages and around the world; now revised and expanded, with 38 American poets. |
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| Title | A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now |
| Editors | Aliki Barnstone, Willis Barnstone |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Schocken Books, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 26, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0805209972, 9780805209976 |
| Length | 822 pages |
| Subjects | › Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors) |
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