Overview

Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons and not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover for the first time neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses a particular author's biography, her major works and themes, and the critical response to her writings. The entries close with extensive primary and secondary bibliographies, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading. The period surveyed by this reference is rich and diverse. Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, two major artistic movements, occurred between 1900 and 1945, and the entries included here demonstrate the significant contributions women made to these movements. The volume as a whole strives to reflect the diversity of American culture and includes entries for African American, Native American, Mexican American, and Chinese American women. It includes well known writers such as Willa Cather and Eudora Welty, along with more neglected ones such as Anita Scott Coleman and Sui Sin Far.

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Author:   Laurie Champion
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9780313309434

ISBN 10:   0313309434
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   30 September 2000
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction by Laurie Champion Bess Streeter Aldrich by Denise D. Knight Gertrude Atherton by Catherine Cucinella Mary Hunter Austin by Elizabeth Wright Djuna Barnes (Lydia Steptoe) by Carmine Esposito Elizabeth Bishop by Kirstin R. Hotelling Zona Louise Bogan by Laurie Champion and Richard J. Williamson Marita Odette Bonner by Allison Berg Kay Boyle by Sharon L. Hileman Pearl S. Buck by Ann W. Engar Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert by Kate K. Davis Willa Cather by Sally E. Haldorson and Bruce A. Glasrud Anita Scott Coleman by Bruce A. Glasrud and Laurie Champion Rachel Crothers by Sandra Gail Teichmann H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) by M. Catherine Downs Alice Maude Ewell by William J. Scheick Jessie Redmon Fauset by Rhonda Austin Edna Ferber by Rhonda Austin Dorothy Canfield Fisher by Elizabeth Wright Zona Gale by David Garett Izzo Ellen Glasgow by Catherine Rainwater Susan Keating Glaspell by Cheryl D. Bohde Jovita Gonzalez de Mireles by Andrea R. Purdy Caroline Gordon by Lou Halsell Rodenberger Lillian Hellman by Jennifer A. Haytock Zora Neale Hurston by Bruce A. Glasrud and Laurie Champion Cleofas M. Jaramillo by Kate K. Davis Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson by Catherine Cucinella Margery Latimer by Joy Castro Nella Larsen by C. Ann McDonald Amy Lowell by William J. Scheil Mina Loy by Rhonda Pettit Clare Booth Luce by Laura Shea Mabel Dodge Luhan by Lisa Abney Carson McCullers by Julie Buckner Armstrong Edna St. Vincent Millay by Robert Johnson Margaret Mitchell by Rhonda Austin Marianne Moore by Ernest J. Smith Mourning Dove (Hum-Ishi-Ma) [Christine Quintasket] (1882-1936) by Beverly G. Six Josephina Niggli by Catherine Cucinella Flannery O'Connor by Leslie Winfield Williams Dorothy Parker by James Ward Lee Katherine Anne Porter by Lou Halsell Rodenberger Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Janet K. Turk Lola Ridge by Nancy Berke Elizabeth Madox Roberts by Suzanne Disheroon Green Dorothy Scarborough by Sylvia Ann Grider Anne Spencer by Sara Andrews Johnston Gertrude Stein by Lisa Abney Gene Stratton-Porter by Barbara Ryan Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton) by Carman C. Curton Genevieve Taggard by David Garrett Izzo Sara Teasdale by David Garrett Izzo Eudora Alice Welty by Beverly Forsyth Dorothy West by Laurie Champion Edith Wharton by David J. Caudle Elinor Wylie by Margaret Gilbert Anzia Yezierska by Aleta Cane Zitkala-Sa [Gertrude Simmons Bonnin] by Beverly G. Six Selected Bibliography Index

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.,. quite substantive and will be very useful for research. -Booklist Spotlight on Women's History

Author Information

LAURIE CHAMPION is Assistant Professor of English at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Southern Quarterly, Journal of the Short Story in English, Studies in Short Fiction, and the Langston Hughes Review. Her previous books include The Critical Response to Eudora Welty's Fiction (1994) and The Critical Response to Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (1991), both published by Greenwood Press.

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