Provocative and compulsively readable, lively, engaging, and brilliantly representative, The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States presents short stories, poems, essays, plays, speeches, performance pieces, erotica, diaries, correspondence, and even a few recipes from nearly one hundred of our best women writers. Reveling in the awareness that the best U.S. women's writing is, quite simply, some of the best in the world, editors Linda Wagner-Martin and Cathy N. Davidson have chosen selections spanning four centuries and reflecting the rich variety of American women's lives....
Provocative and compulsively readable, lively, engaging, and brilliantly representative, The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States prese...
A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture.--'South Atlantic Review. 'The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent...'Reading in America' shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars.--'Journal of American History.
A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture.--'South Atlantic Review. 'The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and t...