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Writing a Woman's Life
Writing a Woman's Life
Author: Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made it impossible for them to follow the traditional "male" script for a woman's life. Refreshing and insightful, this is an homage to brav...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780345362568
ISBN-10: 034536256X
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: 144
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Feminist look at biography for women. Heilbrun has much to say about the living of women's lives and the ways in which society values and evaluates women and their changing roles. A thoughtful and insightful book that leads to thoughts of one's own life.
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A woman writer studies women writers. A classic among women's studies lit.


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