Wendy Martin, Sharone Williams

The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers considers the important literary, historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of American women authors from the seventeenth century to the present and provides readers with an analysis of current literary trends and debates in women's literature. This accessible and engaging guide covers a variety of essential topics, such as:

the transatlantic and transnational origins of American women's literary traditionsthe colonial period and the Puritansthe early national period and the rhetoric of independencethe nineteenth century and the Civil Warthe twentieth century, including modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights eratrends in twenty-first century American women's writingfeminism, gender and sexuality, regionalism, domesticity, ethnicity, and multiculturalism.

The volume examines the ways in which women writers from diverse racial, social, and cultural backgrounds have shaped American literary traditions, giving particular attention to the ways writers worked inside, outside, and around the strictures of their cultural and historical moments to create space for women's voices and experiences as a vital part of American life. Addressing key contemporary and theoretical debates, this comprehensive overview presents a highly readable narrative of the development of literature by American women and offers a crucial range of perspectives on American literary history.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Introductions to American Literature
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781138016231
• ISBN-10: 1138016233
• Artikelnr.: 40626640

Autorenporträt

Wendy Martin is Professor of American Literature and American Studies at Claremont Graduate University, USA. Sharone Williams has a PhD in American Literature and is the Managing Editor of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1: Puritans 2: Early National Period 3: Nineteenth Century (up to the Civil War) 4: Nineteenth Century (post-Civil War) 5: Early Twentieth Century 6: Post-World War II 7: 1980s and Beyond Annotated Bibliography

Rezensionen

"The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers is a clear, comprehensive, and compact guide to American women's writing from the colonial period to the present. Martin and Williams skillfully locate the literature of American women in the multiple contexts of American history, transnational literary movements, and American cultural movements. They give deft summaries of the controversies and trends in American literary studies, and take note of the current important developments in digital technology, epublishing, social media,graphic fiction, popular genres, and young adult writing. This is an indispensable overview for students and scholars of the American women's literary tradition."--Elaine Showalter, Princeton University

"This book does all it promises and more, presenting a dazzling range and variety of American women's literary expression--and along the way giving a crash course in close to four centuries of American history and culture. Its broad coverage and brisk lucid prose belie literary readings that are consistently subtle and complete. That rare creature, a study of both breadth and depth, The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers is an invaluable resource and scholarly model for students and teachers alike." Cathryn Halverson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.