Born to the ranks of the lower English gentry in 1775, Jane Austen led what some have mistakenly described as an ordinary and unremarkable life--a life that ended all too soon at the age of 41. But from this life, Austen drew...
Women and literature
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Author:Looser, DevoneySummary: - Author:Anderson, BeccaSummary:
From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, Becca Anderson takes us through time and highlights women who have left their mark on the literary world.
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Author:Coates, DonnaSummary:As playwright, actor, director, teacher, mentor, theatre administrator, and critic, Sharon Pollock has played an integral role in the shaping of Canada's national theatre tradition, and she continues to produce new works and to...
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First published in 1926, Madge Macbeth's Shackles is a controversial novel that examines the power dynamics of early Canadian feminism. The book exposes the struggles of middle-class Naomi Lennox between her role as dutiful wife to...
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Author:Stouck, DavidSummary:Although she fostered a reputation for being an unambitious latecomer, a happily married doctor's wife who wrote for her own pleasure, Wilson in fact took her writing very seriously, trying for several years to place her work with major...
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Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos-in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social...
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Author:Rollyson, CarlSummary:The life and work of Sylvia Plath has taken on the proportions of myth. Educated at Smith, she had an epically conflict-filled relationship with her mother, Aurelia. She then married the poet Ted Hughes and plunged into the Sturm und...
