The Oxford companion to women's writing in the United States

Here is a gold mine of information about women's writing, women's history, and women's concerns - 771 entries, ranging from short biographies to extensive essays. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and highly informative survey of women writers and their work as it also illuminates the issues that fired their imaginations.

The volume boasts contributions by many of today's well-known cultural and literary critics, including Susa...