TY - BOOK AU - Bauer, Dale M., TI - The Cambridge history of American women's literature SN - 9781107001 U1 - 810.99287 PY - 2012/// CY - New York : PB - Cambridge University Press KW - American literature KW - Women authors - History and criticism KW - Women and literature KW - United States KW - History KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "The field of American women's writing is one characterized by innovation: scholars are discovering new authors and works, as well as new ways of historicizing this literature, rethinking contexts, categories, and juxtapositions. Now, after three decades of scholarly investigation and innovation, the rich complexity and diversity of American literature written by women can be seen with a new coherence and subtlety. Dedicated to this expanding heterogeneity, The Cambridge History of American Women's Literature develops and challenges historical, cultural, theoretical, even polemical methods, all of which will advance the future study of Americanwomenwriters - from Native Americans to postmodern communities, from individual careers to communities of writers and readers. This volume immerses readers in a new dialogue about the range and depth of women's literature in the United States and allows them to trace the ever-evolving shape of the field"-- UR - http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/01374/cover/9781107001374.jpg UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1209/2012004206-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1209/2012004206-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1209/2012004206-t.html ER -