San Antonio College Library

"Volume 1 focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself. Rethinking the history of women's writing and literary history itself, this volume 2 examines the diversity of...

This examination of women writers identified with Great Britain builds on its predecessor's strengths, with new material as well as updated entries. Over 600 writers are discussed in terms of their biographies, with details of where to find them.

Comparing some eighty books written by women in English between the seventeenth century and now, the author explores certain patterns that recur in the stories they tell--whether about their own lives or their fictional characters.

"Featuring the most frequently taught female writers and texts of the early modern period, this Companion introduces the reader to the range, complexity, historical importance, and aesthetic merit of women's writing in Britain from 1500-1700. Presenting key textual, historical, and methodological information, the volume exemplifies new and diverse approaches to the study of women's writing. The book is clearly divided into three sections, covering:...

Novelists, poets, dramatists, essayists, biographers, historians, travel and hymn writers, literary figures and more.

"A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry offers a detailed record and analysis of an array of publications, activities and achievements. Organized into three historical periods (1900-1945, 1945-1980 and 1980-2000), each part is introduced by an evaluative overview in which the emerging poets are mapped against cultural and literary events or trends." "A chronology and detailed bibliography of primary and secondary sources covering...

"British women in the second half of the 20th century have produced a body of work that is as diverse as it is entertaining. This book offers an informal, jargon-free introduction to the fiction of sixteen contemporary writers either brought up or now living in England. Book jacket."--Jacket.