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Writing a Woman's Life
Writing a Woman's Life
Author: Carolyn G. Heilbrun
"Astute and provocative....Blends the sophistication of recent feminist theory with highly textured details fro the lives of independent and ambitious women." — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW — Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle thes...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393026016
ISBN-10: 0393026019
Publication Date: 9/1988
Pages: 144
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Publisher: W W Norton Co Inc
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Feminist look at biography for women. Heilbrun has much to say about the living of women's lives and the ways in which society values and evaluates women and their changing roles. A thoughtful and insightful book that leads to thoughts of one's own life.
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A woman writer studies women writers. A classic among women's studies lit.


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