The Vintage Book of American Women Writers

by Elaine Showalter

Book Overview

For centuries women have been marginalized and overlooked in American literary history. That injustice is corrected in this entertaining and provocative collection of 350 years of poetry and fiction by American women. From Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet to Margaret Fuller to Harriet Beecher Stowe, readers will encounter scores of lesser-known and forgotten writers who fully deserve to be rediscovered and enjoyed by new generations. Our famous women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400034450
• ISBN13: 9781400034451
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"