19C Amer Women Writers Hardcover

Karen L. Kilcup

Responding to the rich generic and thematic diversity of the writing represented in "Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: An Anthology", also edited by Karen L. Kilcup, this critical reader, specifically designed to accompany the anthology, contains twelve original essays - ten newly-written - on a wide range of topics, together with an introductory overview by the editor. The volume explores for students and scholars the interwoven matters of history, canonicity, and criticism, highlighting the collective importance of nineteenth-century women's writing, and illuminating in particular the complex hybrid texts and shorter genres that many women produced. The essays address large conceptual issues and offer suggestiv

0631200533

9780631200536

English

John Wiley & Sons

7-Mar-10

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