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Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical
Companion.
Jessica
Bomarito and Jeffrey
Hunter, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 3784 pp. 6 vols.
Brief Description: This six-volume set explores the
history of women and feminism throughout literature, from
classical antiquity to modern times. Topics covered include
misogyny and women's social roles in ancient civilizations,
16th-century women's devotional literature, 17th- and
18th-century women's captivity narratives, the women's suffrage
movement in 19th-century America, women writers of the "Lost
Generation," lesbian literature, modern feminist theory,
criticism and scholarship and much more. Also included are
detailed studies of prominent women writers, including Sor Juana
Inez de la Cruz, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isabel Allende, Margaret
Atwood, Doris Lessing, Adrienne Rich and many others.
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