| Description |
xii, 274 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Women's autobiography and the male tradition / Estelle C. Jelinek -- 2. The emergence of women's autobiography in Engalnd / Cynthia S. Pomerleau -- 3. Quest for community : spiritual aitobiographies of eighteenth-century Quaker and Puritan women in America / Carol Edkins -- 4. 'Harriet Martineau's autobiography' : the making of a female philosopher / Mitzi Myers -- 5. The paradox and success of Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Estelle C. Jelinek -- 6. The autobiographer and her readers : from apology to affirmation / Elizabeth Winson -- 7. Selves in hiding / Patricia Meyer Spacks -- 8. In search of the black female self : African-American women's autobiographies and ethnicity / Regina Blackburn -- 9. Gertrude Stein and the problems of autobiography / James E. Breslin -- 10. Lillian Hellman and the strategy of the "Other" / Marcus K. Billson, Sidonie A. Smith -- 11. The metaphysics of matrilinearism in women's autobiography : study of Mead's 'Blackberry winter', Hellman's 'Pentimento', Angelou's 'I know why the caged bird sings', and Kingston's 'The woman warrior' / Stephanie A. Dematrakopoulos -- 12. Anaīs Nin's 'Diary' in context / Lynn Z. Bloom, Orlee Holder -- 13. Towards a theory of form in feminist autobiography : Kate Millett's 'Flying' and 'Sita'; Maxine Hong Kingston's 'The woman warrior' / Suzanne Juhasz -- 14. The lady's not for spurning : Kate Millett and the critics / Annette Kolodny |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Autobiography -- Women authors.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Jelinek, Estelle C.
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| LC no. |
79002600 |
| ISBN |
0253191939 |
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0253202418 (paperback) |
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