American Women's Autobiography: Fea(sts of Memory

by Margo Culley

Book Overview

This is the first collection of essays to focus exclusively on the contribution of American women to the writing of autobiography. The Authors trace traditions of women's life-writing through three and a half centuries, from the narratives of Puritan women to contemporary multicultural literature. Contributors to the volume are major scholars in their fields: Sidonie Smith, Catharine Stimpson, Ann Gordon, Mary Mason, Nancy Walker, Kathleen Sands,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299132943
• ISBN13: 9780299132941
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"