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Mothers of the novel : 100 good women writers before Jane Austen

by Dale Spender

This collection examines the literary contributions of significant women writers from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries. It surveys their diverse roles in the development of the English novel, poetry, and political discourse.

Accession 10611 ISBN 0863582516 Publisher Pandora
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