Writing a Woman's Life by Carolyn G Heilbrun

Writing a Woman's Life by Carolyn G Heilbrun

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"A provocative study that should be in every writer's library."—Washington Post

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Writing a Woman's Life by Carolyn G Heilbrun

In this modern classic, Carolyn G. Heilbrun builds an eloquent argument demonstrating that writers conform all too often to society's expectations of what women should be like at the expense of the truth of the female experience. Drawing on the careers of celebrated authors including Virginia Woolf, George Sand, and Dorothy Sayers, Heilbrun illustrates the struggle these writers undertook in both work and life to break away from traditional "male" scripts for women's roles.
Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926–2003) was a professor of English at Columbia University. A force in literary and feminist theory, she also wrote mysteries under the pen name Amanda Cross.
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ISBN 13 9780393331646
ISBN 10 0393331644
Title Writing a Woman's Life
Author Carolyn G Heilbrun
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 2008-07-29
Number of pages 160
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