LAM - Women Authors 1

Tracing the development of a new genre in contemporary American literature that was engendered in the civil rights, feminist, and ethnic empowerment struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, Bridges to Memo……続きを見る

By the standards of any age, Frances (Fanny) Trollope was an extraordinary woman who led an extraordinary life. She did not begin writing until she was 53, but in the 24 years between 1832 and 1856 ……続きを見る

The book sets out identity of metaphor in the literary discourse from a comparative perspective and links it with the ontological metaphor of identity. The author analyses both American and Romanian……続きを見る

When the first issue of The Liberal was published on 10 October 1822, the periodical was largely dismissed by the British press as a political project conceived by well-known and controversial figur……続きを見る

Central to Grazia Deledda's narrative worlds are the relationships between her characters and the vast landscapes in which they move and act. The writer translates and represents her characters, her……続きを見る

This book attempts to identify the subversive writing techniques adopted by the black female authors to empower their black female protagonists. Maryse Condé in I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, Glor……続きを見る

El gran desafío de organizar un volumen sobre Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) reside en decir algo que ya no se haya dicho o en trazar una geografía afectiva que nos permita (re)visitar esa escritura ……続きを見る

Un llamado al debate sobre el feminismo, y una interpretación sobre sus manifestaciones públicas actuales desde una perspectiva crítica que vincula la política y la subjetividad. Si, como explica Ma……続きを見る

Lucía Melgar y Gabriela Mora han construido en este libro mucho más que un conjunto de voces en torno a Elena Garro. Las 14 experiencias, sean éstas de lectura, revisión histórica o narración de uno……続きを見る

First published in 1983, Spenser’s Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth presents The Faerie Queene as a central document in the cult of Elizabeth. It shows how Spenser combines the resources of m……続きを見る

Cosa significa essere donna? Non alzare la voce, non ribellarsi. Obbedire al padre, al marito, alla società. Significa calma e sottomissione. Dover essere una brava bambina, poi una brava moglie e u……続きを見る

El autor nos presenta seis rigurosos estudios sobre igual número de personajes que influyeron notablemente en la vida de sor Juana, aunque de diversa manera; mientras unos la alentaron a seguir sus ……続きを見る

At every turn in the development of what we now know as the western, women writers have been instrumental in its formation. Yet the myth that the western is male-authored persists. Westerns: A Women……続きを見る

Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple Alice Walker made history in 1983 ……続きを見る

Writing with a Vengeance examines the life and works of a nineteenth-century French courtesan, Céleste Vénard, later the Countess de Chabrillan. A notorious Paris courtesan, Chabrillan married into ……続きを見る

A Tyrannous Eye: Eudora Welty’s Nonfiction and Photographs is the first book-length study of Eudora Welty’s full range of achievements in nonfiction and photography. A preeminent Welty scholar, Pear……続きを見る

Italian Women Writers, 1800–2000: Boundaries, Borders, and Transgression investigates narrative, autobiography, and poetry by Italian women writers from the nineteenth century to today, focusing on ……続きを見る