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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
A feminist manifesto by the great modernist writer contends that women's literature would be on a par with that of men, if women had the same levels of income, privacy, and experience as their counterparts. Her main illustration of this principle is a hypothetical sister to Shakespeare, who, even with the same talents as her brother, would have never been given the chance to display her talents to the world.
3) Willa Cather
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 258
Description
A study of the works of American novelist Willa Cather.
4) Jane Austen
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
An introduction to the life and work of eighteenth-century English author Jane Austen, featuring a biographical profile, a critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in her writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 42
Description
Presents an analysis of the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Description
"Up to this year I have always felt that I had no particular call to meddle with this subject.... But I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak." Thus did Harriet Beecher Stowe announce her decision to begin work on what would become one of the most influential novels ever written. The subject she had hesitated to "meddle with" was slavery, and the novel, of course,...
10) Maya Angelou
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Description
Contains essays that provide thematic and structural analyses of some of African-American author Maya Angelou's best-known poems, features a selection of critical extracts, and includes brief biographical information.
13) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Description
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley is a timeless masterpiece that delves deep into the realms of human ambition, morality, and the consequences of unchecked scientific pursuit. Set in the backdrop of 18th-century Europe, the novel follows Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist consumed by his obsession to unlock the secrets of life itself. Through his relentless experimentation, he creates a creature, stitched together from various body parts, only to...
Author
Series
The library of America volume 180
Pub. Date
©2008
Description
"James Merrill described Elizabeth Bishop's poems as "more wryly radiant, more touching, more unaffectedly intelligent than any written in our lifetime" and called her "our greatest national treasure." Robert Lowell said, "I enjoy her poems more than anybody else's."" "This collection offers a full-scale presentation of a writer of startling originality, at once passionate and reticent, adventurous and perfectionist. It presents all the poetry that...
18) Writers
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the lives and literary accomplishments of such women writers as Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Astrid Lindgren, Jean Little, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Beatrix Potter.
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