Great women writers : the lives and works of 135 of the world's most important women writers, from antiquity to the present / Frank N. Magill, editor ; introduction by Rosemary Canfield Reisman.
TITLE:
Great women writers : the lives and works of 135 of the world's most important women writers, from antiquity to the present / Frank N. Magill, editor ; introduction by Rosemary Canfield Reisman.
Publication Date:
1994
Publication Information:
New York : Holt,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
x, 611 p.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
From Christine de Pisan's medieval love poetry to Nadine Gordimer's dissection of apartheid, the works of the 135 authors represent the entire spectrum of writing by women from around the world--in poetry, drama, the novel, and short fiction, from antiquity to the end of the twentieth century.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780805029321
