American women writers, 1900-1945 : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Laurie Champion ; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Champion, Laurie, editor.

Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Women authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

American literature.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century--Dictionaries.

Women and literature.

American literature--20th century--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries.

Authors, American.

Women authors, American--Biography--Dictionaries.

Women authors, American.

American literature--Women authors--Dictionaries.

American literature--20th century--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages)

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides overviews of American women writers who wrote or published their most significant works between 1900 and 1945. Offers biographical information about the author, an analysis of the author's major works, an overview of the critical reception of the author's works, and a bibliography that lists works by the author and works that have been written about the author and her works.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BESS STREETER ALDRICH""; ""GERTRUDE ATHERTON""; ""MARY HUNTER AUSTIN""; ""DJUNA BARNES (LYDIA STEPTOE)""; ""ELIZABETH BISHOP""; ""LOUISE BOGAN""; ""MARITA ODETTE BONNER""; ""KAY BOYLE""; ""PEARL S. BUCK""; ""FABIOLA CABEZA DE BACA GILBERT""; ""WILLA CATHER""; ""ANITA SCOTT COLEMAN""; ""RACHEL CROTHERS""; ""H. D. (HILDA DOOLITTLE)""; ""ALICE MAUDE EWELL""; ""JESSIE REDMON FAUSET""; ""EDNA FERBER""; ""DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER""; ""ZONA GALE""; ""ELLEN GLASGOW""; ""SUSAN KEATING GLASPELL""; ""JOVITA GONZA Â? LEZ DE MIRELES""; ""CAROLINE GORDON""

""LILLIAN HELLMAN""""ZORA NEALE HURSTON""; ""CLEOFAS M. JARAMILLO""; ""GEORGIA DOUGLAS CAMP JOHNSON""; ""NELLA LARSEN""; ""MARGERY LATIMER""; ""AMY LOWELL""; ""MINA LOY""; ""CLARE BOOTHE LUCE""; ""MABEL DODGE LUHAN""; ""CARSON McCULLERS""; ""EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY""; ""MARGARET MITCHELL""; ""MARIANNE MOORE""; ""MOURNING DOVE (HUM-ISHU-MA) [CHRISTINE QUINTASKET]""; ""JOSEPHINA NIGGLI""; ""FLANNERY OÃŒCONNOR""; ""DOROTHY PARKER""; ""KATHERINE ANNE PORTER""; ""MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS""; ""LOLA RIDGE""; ""ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS""; ""DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH""; ""ANNE SPENCER""; ""GERTRUDE STEIN""

""GENE STRATTON-PORTER""""SUI SIN FAR (EDITH MAUDE EATON)""; ""GENEVIEVE TAGGARD""; ""SARA TEASDALE""; ""EUDORA ALICE WELTY""; ""DOROTHY WEST""; ""EDITH WHARTON""; ""ELINOR WYLIE""; ""ANZIA YEZIERSKA""; ""ZITKALA-S A (GERTRUDE SIMMONS BONNIN)""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-393) and index.

ISBN:

979-84-00-61253-4

1-4294-7324-X

0-313-03255-6

OCLC:

230823496