Product Description

Alphabetized volume on women writers, major titles, movements, genres from medieval times to the present.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #864683 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.61" h x 6.90" w x 9.71" l, 2.93 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

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Review
'This is an admirable collection, put together by an editor who knows so much about women's writing, from different times, and from all over the world. There are all kinds of surprises and delights here. A book for browsing through, a bedside book.' Doris Lessing

'There are few books that one can say, on oath, that this has not been done before but as there has been, thus far, only one Lorna Sage, nothing as learned, as witty and wise as her Guide to Women's Writing has appeared before the new millennium.' Gore Vidal

'This new guide is exhilarating: it ranges deep and wide, weaving a tremendous tapestry of women's writing, of their lives, scholarship, opinions, imagination, struggles and triumphs. The entries are spirited, acute, packed with fresh insights sparked by the latest research. The culmination of the last two decades's work in literary history and theory, it should make all those who love English literature exult that, contrary to rumour, the subject is thriving.' Marina Warner

'A really useful guide to a body of writing that cuts across traditional literary categories and geographical boundaries.' David Lodge

' … features nearly 2,400 short articles on writers, their writings and the genres to which they contribute … some two dozen entries on genres and sub-types recognize the importance of 'minor' prose genres such as the diary, travel writing, and even cookery books, the last sorely neglected in most treatments of women's writing.' The Times Literary Supplement