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1	Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History more books like this by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich add to wishlist In this engrossing volume, Ulrich explores what it means to make history. She shows how the feminist wave of the 1970s has created a generation that challenged traditional accounts of both mens and womens histories, and which stimulated better-documented accounts of the past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.80! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx more books like this by Elaine Showalter add to wishlist In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--readers are introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known. see all copies from $13.95! new only from $13.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Faulkner and Love: The Women Who Shaped His Art more books like this by Judith L Sensibar add to wishlist This book is about the making of the writer William Faulkner. It is the first to inquire into the three most important women in his life - his black and white mothers, Caroline Barr and Maud Falkner, and the childhood friend who became his wife, Estelle Oldham. In this new exploration of Faulkner's creative process, Judith L. Sensibar discovers ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $18.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Women of the Celts more books like this by Jean Markale add to wishlist Historian Markale takes us deep into a mythical world where both man and woman become whole by realizing the feminine principle in its entirety. The author explores the rich heritage of Celtic women in history, myth, and ritual, showing how these traditions compare to modern attitudes toward women. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.58! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory more books like this by Professor Katie Conboy (Editor), Professor Nadia Medina (Editor), Professor Sarah Stanbury (Editor) add to wishlist This work comprises a collection of influential readings in feminist theory. It is divided into four sections: "Reading the Body"; "Bodies in Production", which examines the representation of the female body as a site for objectification and as a critical spectator; "The Body Speaks"; and "Body on Stage" which traces the female body through the ... see all copies from $4.59! new only from $30.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures more books like this by Margo Hammond, Ellen Heltzel add to wishlist The Book Babes offer up the best in fiction and non-fiction, suggesting hundreds of good books to suit every mood and stage of a woman's life. A book with personality that recommends the best in fiction and nonfiction, "Between the Covers" suggests hundreds of good books to suit every mood and stage of a woman's life. Here, for the first time, is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Sexual Politics more books like this by Kate Millett add to wishlist This classic text of the women's movement was originally published in 1970 and generated a firestorm of discussion. Part of the reason for its fame and notoriety was that it took to task respected writers such as D. H. Lawrence and Norman Mailer, pointing out the misogynistic tendencies in their work. Part literary criticism, part political ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Sex Variant Women in Literature more books like this by Jeannette H. Foster add to wishlist Essential history of lesbian literature. Must reading for the serious collector and researcher. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $34.54! \| first editions
9	Hamlet's Mother and Other Women more books like this by Professor Carolyn G Heilbrun add to wishlist A collection of essays by a noted feminist and professor of English, on Margaret Mead, Virginia Woolf, May Sarton, and Louisa May Alcott, as well as on topics such as feminism, women in the academy, and detective fiction. Included is her first published essay, "The Character of Hamlet's Mother". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.79! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Something to Declare more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist This first nonfiction work by this acclaimed novelist includes 24 personal essays on her writing life as well as her experience emigrating from the Dominican Republic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction more books like this by Judith Fetterley add to wishlist "Fetterley's questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past." -- Women's Studies International Quarterly ..". thoughtful, informed, and well written." -- Choice see all copies from $2.39! new only from $24.60! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction more books like this by Colleen A Barnett add to wishlist A companion guide to mystery fiction featuring female sleuths. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Women, Love, and Power: Literary and Psychoanalytic Perspectives more books like this by Elaine Hoffman Baruch add to wishlist Utilising both Freudian and non-Freudian psychoanalysis as well as feminist criticism, Baruch examines literary works by women and men from medieval and Romantic periods as well as cultural observations on the 20th century and how they have influenced attitudes toward love. The author argues that romantic love need not be the tool of women's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Woman's Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare more books like this by Carolyn R. Lenz (Editor), Carol T. Neely (Editor), Gayle Greene (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.75! SVS
15 view cover	Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction more books like this by Suzanne Ferriss (Editor), Mallory Young (Editor) add to wishlist "Chick Lit" is the first book-length scholarly exploration of what has become a major pop culture movement, from "Bridget Jones's Diary" to "Four Blondes". This edited collection of original and intriguing essays examines the chick lit phenomenon from a variety of angles, including race, sexuality, class and gender to account for its popularity ... see all copies from $18.50! new only from $27.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice more books like this by Harold Bloom add to wishlist Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", perhaps her most recognizable work, is a story of manners, courtship, and marriage in 18th- and 19th-century England. Elizabeth Bennet, the witty heroine of the novel, is Austen's most vibrant and vital literary character. This updated volume presents a perceptive introduction by series editor Harold Bloom and ... see all copies from $6.49! new only from $50.50! \| SVS
17 view cover	Cartographies of Desire: Captivity, Race, and Sex in the Shaping of an American Nation more books like this by Rebecca Blevins Faery add to wishlist Faery demonstrates how two recurring female literary and cultural figures--the white woman taken captive by Indians and Pocahontas--have been invoked in numerous texts and settings over three centuries as America has subtly asserted its image as a white nation. Illustrations. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Captive Imagination: A Casebook on "The Yellow Wallpaper" more books like this by Catherine J Golden (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.01! new only from $35.29!
19 view cover	Under Confucian Eyes: Writings on Gender in Chinese History more books like this by Susan Mann (Editor), Yu-Yin Cheng (Editor) add to wishlist These translations of eighteen classical Chinese texts from the mid-ninth century (Tang dynasty) through the late nineteenth century (Qing dynasty) offer a comprehensive collection of primary sources focusing on gender issues in medieval and late imperial China. The book's title reflects the sometimes ironic relationship between Confucian ... see all copies from $12.82! new only from $14.99!
20 view cover	Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Casebook more books like this by Cheryl A Wall (Editor) add to wishlist The rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, first published in 1937 but subsequently out of print for decades, marks one of the most dramatic chapters in African-American literature and Women's Studies. Its popularity owes much to the lyricism of the prose, the pitch-perfect rendition of black vernacular English, and the ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $23.86! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Women and marriage in Victorian fiction more books like this by Jenni Calder add to wishlist Make your own hieroglyphs with this special boxed kit. It contains 29 rubber stamps depicting amulets, symbols and the basic Eygptian alphabet, along with a 24-page booklet that describes Ancient-Eygptian life, examining the gods, religious beliefs and the origins of the symbols. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.90! \| first editions
22 view cover	Women and Romance: A Reader more books like this by Susan Ostrov Weisser (Editor) add to wishlist Romantic love has challenged and vexed feminist thought from its origins. Judging from the shelves of books advising women on love problems, there seems to be an ongoing difficulty in maintaining equality in romantic relationships. "Women and Romance" includes historical as well as contemporary selections, personal letters as well as theoretical ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Gender of Modernity more books like this by Rita Felski add to wishlist In an innovative exploration of the complex relations between women and the modern, Rita Felski challenges conventional male-centered theories of modernity and calls into question those feminist perspectives that have either demonized the modern as inherently patriarchal, or else assumed a simple opposition between men's and women's experiences of ... see all copies from $21.60! new only from $27.83! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante more books like this by Charles W Williams add to wishlist Dante is unequalled among poets in conveying an extraordinary intensity of thought and experience, but this very power may make his work seem formidable to approach. Charles Williams's Figure of Beatriceis outstanding amongst Dante scholarship and criticism for the sympathetic enthusiasm and clarity with which he eases that approach without ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $31.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Artistry of Anger: Black and White Women's Literature in America, 1820-1860 more books like this by Linda M Grasso add to wishlist Grasso explores the ways in which black and white 19th-century women writers define, express, and dramatize anger. Offering close readings of works by Lydia Maria Child, Maria W. Stewart, Fanny Fern, and Harriet Wilson, she shows how women used an aesthetic of discontent to address such complex social and political issues as slavery, ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98!

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