Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Houghton Mifflin (1981), Edition: 3rd, Paperback, 565 pages
Description
Images of Women in Literature, Fifth Edition, is an anthology of literature--short fiction, poetry, and drama--by a broad range of female and male writers depicting the roles of women in literature.
User reviews
LibraryThing member AliceAnna
Interesting take on how women are portrayed in literature. Some of the stories didn't really prove the editor's points that well, but many of them were spot on.
I particularly enjoyed "The Sky is Gray" by Ernest J. Gaines, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway, "Rappaccini's
I particularly enjoyed "The Sky is Gray" by Ernest J. Gaines, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway, "Rappaccini's
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Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Editha" by William Dean Howells, "Rina the Bird Girl" by Rona Jaffe (excellent look at women who become what they think a man wants), "A New England Nun" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, "A Doll's House, 1970" by Claire Booth Luce and "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell (female solidarity!). Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies (Winner — 1992)
Language
Physical description
565 p.; 9.1 inches
ISBN
0395291135 / 9780395291139
Local notes
literary studies
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