women and literature

Offers a historical overview of the short stories and novels of Edith Wharton, discussing how her writings transformed American fiction in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

A study of the lives and works of women writers who practiced their art during the Harlem Renaissance of the early twentieth century, focusing on African-American authors Jessie Fauset, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Presents a critical assessment of the creative achievements of five African-American women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, including Georgia Douglas Johnson, Anne Spencer, Helen Johnson, Gwen Bennett, and Angelina Grimke, and includes discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God.".

A biography of the African slave who was taken in and educated by a Boston couple and became well-known because of the poetry she wrote.

A collection of critical essays that examine the life and writings of eighteenth-century author Jane Austen, providing a chronology of her life, assessing her six major novels, as well as works not intended for publication, and addressing various aspects of Austen's cultural context.

An introduction to the poetry, prose, and autobiographical writings of Sylvia Plath. Presents an overview of almost fifty years of Plath scholarship related to her life, contexts, works, and critical reception.