Originally published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, in 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-562) and index.
Contents:
A new literature springs up in the new world -- Revolution: women's rights and women's writing -- Their native land -- Finding a form -- Masterpieces and mass markets -- Slavery, race, and women's writing -- The Civil War -- The coming woman -- American sibyls -- New women -- The golden morrow -- Against women's writing: Wharton and Cather -- You might as well live -- The Great Depression -- The 1940s: World War II and after -- The 1950s: three faces of Eve -- The 1960s: live or die -- The 1970s: the will to change -- The 1980s: on the jury -- The 1990s: anything she wants.
Summary:
A narrative spanning nearly 400 years introduces more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.
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