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Wild Women and Books: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens (Gift for Women, Feminist Book, Stories of Female Authors and Famous Women
Contributor(s): Knight, Brenda (Author), Shange, Ntozake (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1573242713     ISBN-13: 9781573242714
Publisher: Conari Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2006
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: Updated from its original version with an introduction from Ntozake Shange,
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2006283932
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.4" W x 7.56" (0.89 lbs) 274 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:

Updated from its original version with an introduction by Ntozake Shange, Wild Women and Books is a celebration of perhaps the most revered and radical women writers of history. Beginning with the first recorded writer of either gender, Enheduanna of Sumeria, and ending with acclaimed authors of today, including Toni Morrison and J.K. Rowling, this is a mustread for those who must read.

Brenda Knight brings more than one hundred female authors to life for today's readers. She makes their tumultuous and admirable paths to literary expression easily accessible in chapters such as Literary First Ladies/ Ink in Their Veins/ Banned, Blacklisted, and Arrested/ and Women Whose Books Are Loved Too Much.

From religious transcribers and political dissidents to erotic playwrights and romantic poets, no subject or literary form is left untouched. In honor of those women whose pens pioneered, persevered, and proved that the female voice is brilliant, we invite you to listen.

Contributor Bio(s): Knight, Brenda: - Brenda Knight is the author of Women Who Love Books Too Much and Women of the Beat Generation, winner of an American Book Award. A scholar of medieval literature and modern poetry, she lives in San Francisco, California.