Presents extracts from essays, reviews, and articles, including both American and British sources, that provide critical analyses of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter.".
Provides an overview of the life and career of author Maxine Hong Kingston, along with scholarly readings of three of her works and a primary and secondary bibliography.
Explores how African-American women have been portrayed in the writings of James Baldwin, discussing how his development of female characters has progressed throughout his thirty-year career.
Explores the ways in which selected children's books define female identity, especially when a female character plays a major role; and includes discussion of children's books and female authors and illustrators who propose positive roles for women.
