By a Woman Writt: Literature from Six Centuries by and about WomenJoan Susan Goulianos There exist a literature by women that goes back to the Middle Ages. A literature that is exciting, important and different from men's. 'by Woman Writt' the first collection to bring together the works of women writers from so many different eras and to present the variety of forms in which women wrote. Not only novels, poems, and stories are included, but also autobiographies, diaries, letters, protests. Contains Aphra Behn, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Anais Nin and Muriel Rukeyser. |
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