Censer, Jane Turner

Summary: "Tells the life of Amelie Rives, a talented, privileged young woman who was one of the most famous women in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. This account of Rives's substantial literary career and her personal saga provides insights into the limits imposed on and actions taken by ambitious, elite young women in the late nineteenth-century South. Censer contextualizes...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2022

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Summary: "An important and timely anthology of Black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane. Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices of twenty established and emerging Black British writers."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 4th Estate 2020

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Worsley, Lucy

Summary: "Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2022

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Summary: Despite her premature death at age 39, Flannery O'Connor left behind one of the most haunting and strikingly original bodies of work in 20th Century literature. With the rural South as her backdrop, she brought to life a string of eccentric characters torn between their worldly ambitions and the need for a more enduring truth. This film traces the people and events that shaped her remarkable...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: Masterpieces of Women's Literature features critical summaries and descriptions of the greatest works of literature by women authors. All the important facts and dates of authorship, along with analyses of characters, settings, themes, and plots, are included for works in every genre, including autobiographies, novels, poetry, plays, essays, and short stories. Containing works by women of all...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1996

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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2005

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Walker, Jeff

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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Court 1999

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Wade, Francesca

Summary: "In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square, a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London, was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who "lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles," the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2020

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Ross, Josephine.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers University Press 2003

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Showalter, Elaine.

Summary: In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--readers are introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1995

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Rehak, Melanie.

Summary: In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties, and emerged as beloved by girls today as by their grandmothers. Rehak tells the behind-the-scenes history of Nancy and her groundbreaking creators. Both Nancy and her "author," Carolyn Keene,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005

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Ruth, Amy.

Summary: Discusses the life of the popular nineteenth-century author of "Little Women."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 1999

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Publisher / Publication Date: BasicCivitas 2003

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Hurley, Kameron

Summary: "The book collects dozens of Hurley's essays on feminism, geek culture, and her experiences and insights as a genre writer, including "We Have Always Fought," which won the 2013 Hugo for Best Related Work. The Geek Feminist Revolution will also feature several entirely new essays written specifically for this volume."--Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2016

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Spence, Jon.

Summary: Chronicles the life of novelist Jane Austen, focusing on the factors which most influenced her life and work, including her relationship with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy, which inspired her great love stories.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hambledon Continuum 2007

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Summary: "Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world--from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia Vicuña--gathered in one magnificent volume."--Amazon.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Weisser, Susan Ostrov.

Summary: The Glass Slipper is about the persistence of a familiar Anglo-American love story into the digital age.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers Univ Pr 2013

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Cote, Rachel Vorona

Summary: "Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, TOO MUCH explores how culture corsets women's bodies, souls, and sexualities-and how we might finally undo the strings"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020

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Briggs, Julia.

Contents: Beginning : The voyage out (1915) -- Into the night : Night and day (1919) -- 'Our press arrived on Tuesday' : Monday or Tuesday (1921) -- In search of Jacob : Jacob's room (1922) -- A woman connects : The common reader (1925) -- 'What a lark! What a plunge!' : Mrs. Dalloway (1925) -- Writing itself : To the lighthouse (1927) -- 'The secret of life is ...' : Orlando (1928) -- To the women of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2005

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Thompson, Laura

Summary: "It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year--more than thirty years after her death--and it shows no signs of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018

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