Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: An Encyclopedia

ISBN-13: 9780815323433 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 584 str.

Katharina M. Wilson; June Schlueter; Paul Schlueter

Opis

This sourcebook offers a wealth of facts and details with entries on over 400 authors by more than 200 leading scholars and authorities in women's literature. Entries are listed in A-Z format, prefaced by capsule biographical detail.

Recenzje

"An excellent comprehensive reference for high school and college collections." -- The Bookwatch
"Provides useful information on less-well-known European writers. It is recommended for libraries that need to expand their holdings in this area." -- Reference Books Bulletin
"The entries are detailed and well written. There is little (if anything) comparable." -- VOYA
"The essays are uniformly well written and are packed with useful information." -- Choice

Spis treści

A sampling of the coverage: Anna Akhmatova * Sister Bertken * Charlotte Bront' * Jane Welsh Carlyle * Barbara Cartland * Concha Espina * Margaret Drabble * Oriana Fallaci * Kate Greenaway * Ruth Prawer Jhabvala * Fanny Kemble * Doris Lessing * Rosa Luxemburg * Nadezhda Mandelshtam * Nancy Mitford * Iris Murdoch * Edna O'Brien * Heidi Pataki * Beatrix Potter * Barbara Pym * Mary Renault * Jean Rhys * Dorothy Sayers * Sappho * Edith * Sitwell * Mary Stuart * Fay Weldon * Elizabeth of York * Virginia Woolf * Marguerite Yourcenar

O autorze

Katharina M. Wilson, Paul Schlueter, June Schlueter