Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs, as well as for the...
Heroines in literature
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Author:Barnett, ColleenSummary: -
Author:Jacobs, Heidi L. MSummary:Aspiring novelist Molly MacGregor laments she will never be like the literary heroines she reads about. Not only does she live in what she thinks the most unromantic region in the world, she is named after one of literature's least...
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Author:Abrams, DennisSummary:In Shakespeare's time, women were not allowed to appear on stage, and so female parts were played by boy actors. In I Was Cleopatra, readers meet John Rice - perhaps the most beautiful and acclaimed boy actor of them all. It is...
