Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

by Denise D. Knight

As the American literary canon has undergone revision and expansion in recent years, the influence of women writers of the nineteenth century has been reevaluated. The first book of its kind, this reference provides alphabetically arranged entries for more than 70 nineteenth-century American women writers, such as Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Fuller, Emma Lazarus, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313297134
• ISBN13: 9780313297137
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12