Provides brief biographies of fourteen British women authors, each accompanied by a selection of critical extracts about her writings and a bibliography of works produced between 1900 and 1960.
Discusses the lives and works of eleven British women fiction writers of the nineteenth century, including Jane Austin, Mary Shelley, and Frances Trollope.
constructions of the girl in contemporary fiction by women
Saxton, Ruth
1998
A collection of essays that examine the portrayal of girls in contemporary women's fiction and discuss how the issues girls in modern fiction face differ from those in Victorian fiction, how the fictional image of the girl reflects social change, and how popular authors portray girls in different ways.
An anthology of thirty-two stories, novel excerpts, and nonfiction essays, in which a variety of authors, including Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, and Harper Lee, examine the human dimensions of the law.
