American women writing fiction : memory, identity, family, space /

American women writing fiction : memory, identity, family, space / Mickey Pearlman, editor. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1989. - 236 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies.

Joyce Carol Oates: the enclosure of identity in the earlier stories / Mary Gordon: the struggle with love / Joan Didion: the bond between narrator and heroine in Democracy / Louise Erdich: Of cars, time, and the river / Alison Lurie: the uses of adultery / Susan Fromberg Schaeffer: the power of memory, family, and space / Toni Cade Bambara: the dance of character and community / Gail Godwin: the Odd woman and literary feminism / Jayne Anne Phillips: women's narrative and the recreation of history / Mary Lee Settle: "Ambiguity of steel" / Frank R. Cunningham ; Anne Hiemstra -- John W. Mahon -- Katherine Usher Henderson -- Marvin Magalaner ; Mickey Pearlman -- Katharine M. Rogers ; Mickey Pearlman -- Mickey Pearlman -- Martha M. Vertreace -- Rachel M. Brownstein ; Mickey Pearlman -- Phyllis Lassner -- Jane Gentry Vance ; Jane gentry vance and Mickey Pearlman.



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American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--Women authors--Bibliography.
American fiction--20th century--Bibliography.
Fiction--Authorship--Psychological aspects.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Space and time in literature.
Memory in literature.
Families in literature.
Women in literature.
Femmes dans la litt�erature.
Roman am�ericain--Histoire et critique.--20e si�ecle
Femmes et litt�erature--Histoire--�Etats-Unis--20e si�ecle.
�Ecrits de femmes am�ericains--Bibliographie.
�Ecrits de femmes am�ericains--Histoire et critique.

PS374.W6 / A46 1989