|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910820475103321 |
|
|
Autore |
Heilbrun Carolyn G. <1926-2003, > |
|
|
Titolo |
Women's lives : the view from the threshold / / Carolyn G. Heilbrun |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999 |
|
©1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-4426-5755-3 |
1-4426-5559-3 |
0-8020-4428-X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (120 pages) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Women authors, English - History and criticism |
Women authors, American - History and criticism |
Feminist literary criticism - English-speaking countries |
Feminism and literature - English-speaking countries |
Women and literature - English-speaking countries |
Autobiography - Women authors |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Electronic books. |
English-speaking countries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Deliciously hideous, a powerful beauty -- The evolution of the female memoir -- Embracing the paradox -- The rewards of liminality. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Heilbrun looks at the biographies and memoirs of great women and reveals the ways in which feminism has changed our perceptions of their lives. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Excerpt from the poem ""Where Did I Leave Off"" by Virginia Hamilton Adair on pages 65-66 removed at the request of the rights holder. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|