Jewish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical and Critical Sourcebook - Hardcover

Shapiro, Ann R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313284377 ISBN 13: 9780313284373

Publisher: Greenwood, 1994

Synopsis

Even among scholars of Jewish literature, Jewish American women writers have been largely neglected. Nevertheless, these women have made an enormous contribution to literature and culture. This reference explores the extraordinary achievement of Jewish American women novelists, poets, and playwrights who have written in English. Every effort was made to provide a representative selection of writers, and the final list was determined after consultation with specialists and scholars.

The volume is composed mainly of entries arranged alphabetically by writer. Many of these women have an indisputable place in the literary canon, while others are relative newcomers to the field. Still others are being rediscovered after years of neglect. The profiles provide a biography, bibliography, and survey of criticism for each author. Each also provides an analysis of the writer's work by a scholar in Jewish American literature, women's studies, or a related field. An introductory essay defines the scope of Jewish American women's literature, while a special chapter is devoted to writers of autobiographies who document the experience of Jewish women in America.

About this title

Book Description:

…will be of great assistance to comparative literature and Jewish women's studies instructors as well as readers interested in finding out something about the lives of these authors, other books they've written, and analysis by reviewers and other critics. Feminist Collections

About the Author:

ANN R. SHAPIRO is Professor of English at the State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale. She is the author of Unlikely Heroines (Greenwood Press, 1987), and various articles and reviews on Jewish American women writers and nineteenth-century American women writers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0313284377
• ISBN 13: 9780313284373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576