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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157824803321

Autore

Johanson Paula

Titolo

Women writers / / Paula Johanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Enslow Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

0-7660-8146-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits

Collana

Defying convention: women who changed the rules

Disciplina

809/.89287

Soggetti

Women authors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-121, 123-124) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Women writing before the Christian era -- Women writers in the Middle Ages -- Women writing during the Enlightenment -- Women writers in the Industrial Revolution -- Women writing in the twentieth century -- Women writers who speak to today -- Chapter notes -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of biographies is designed to help better understand the women who recorded human history through their experiences and imaginations. Famous writers such as Sappho, Jane Austen, Anne Frank, Maya Angelou, and many others are featured, bringing insight into the exceptional lives of women wordsmiths throughout the ages.