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American literature is no longer the refuge of the solitary hero. Like the society it mirrors, it is now a far richer, many-faceted explication of a complicated and diverse society -- racially, culturally, and ethnically interwoven and at the same time fractured and fractious. Ten women writing fict...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearlman, Mickey, 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women and literature.
Psychological fiction, American.
American fiction > Women authors.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Psychological fiction, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:American literature is no longer the refuge of the solitary hero. Like the society it mirrors, it is now a far richer, many-faceted explication of a complicated and diverse society -- racially, culturally, and ethnically interwoven and at the same time fractured and fractious. Ten women writing fiction in America today -- Toni Cade Bambara, Joan Didion, Louise Erdrich, Gail Godwin, Mary Gordon, Alison Lurie, Joyce Carol Oates, Jayne Anne Phillips, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, and Mary Lee Settle -- represent that geographic, ethnic, and racial diversity that is distinctively American. Their differ.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780813157825

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