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Contemporary American women writers : narrative strategies / Catherine Rainwater and William J. Scheick, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, c1985.Description: 234 p. : ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813115582
  • 0813101689 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.54/099287 19
LOC classification:
  • PS379 .C66 1985
Contents:
Ann Beattie, the art of the missing / Carolyn Porter -- Grace Paley, chaste compactness / Ronald Schleifer -- Annie Dillard, narrative fringe / William J. Scheick -- Anne Redmon, the fugal procedure of Music and silence / Catherine Rainwater -- Cynthia Ozick, invention & orthodoxy / Ellen Pifer -- Anne Tyler, medusa points & contact points / Mary F. Robertson -- Alice Walker, the dialect & letters of The color purple / Elizabeth Fifer -- Maxine Hong Kingston, narrative technique & female identity / Suzanne Juhasz -- Toni Morrison, mastery of narrative / Linda W. Wagner -- Marge Piercy, the double narrative structure of Small changes / Elaine Tuttle Hansen & William J. Scheick.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Main NMNR278RAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 9781873178179

Includes bibliographies.

Ann Beattie, the art of the missing / Carolyn Porter -- Grace Paley, chaste compactness / Ronald Schleifer -- Annie Dillard, narrative fringe / William J. Scheick -- Anne Redmon, the fugal procedure of Music and silence / Catherine Rainwater -- Cynthia Ozick, invention & orthodoxy / Ellen Pifer -- Anne Tyler, medusa points & contact points / Mary F. Robertson -- Alice Walker, the dialect & letters of The color purple / Elizabeth Fifer -- Maxine Hong Kingston, narrative technique & female identity / Suzanne Juhasz -- Toni Morrison, mastery of narrative / Linda W. Wagner -- Marge Piercy, the double narrative structure of Small changes / Elaine Tuttle Hansen & William J. Scheick.