
Writing a Woman's Life
Carolyn G. Heilbrun(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 29. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-393-33164-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this modern classic, Carolyn G. Heilbrun builds an eloquent argument demonstrating that writers conform all too often to society's expectations of what women should be like at the expense of the truth of the female experience. Drawing on the careers of celebrated authors including Virginia Woolf, George Sand, and Dorothy Sayers, Heilbrun illustrates the struggle these writers undertook in both work and life to break away from traditional "male" scripts for women's roles.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
171 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-33164-6 (9780393331646)
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Persons
Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926-2003) was a professor of English at Columbia University. A force in literary and feminist theory, she also wrote mysteries under the pen name Amanda Cross.