500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide - Hardcover

Bauermeister, Erica; Larsen, Jesse; Smith, Holly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670848298 ISBN 13: 9780670848294

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1994

Synopsis

Provides an annotated list of fiction and nonfiction by women authors, including works on art, ethics, family life, motherhood, pioneer life, power, violence, marriage, and work

About this title

Review:

An indispensable and extremely well-organized treasure map to literature by women. Contains brief reviews of 500 books by women, and seven cross-referenced indexes to identify books by author, title, genre, topic, and even country of book content. Highly recommended!

From the Publisher:

500 Great Books By Women: A Reader's Guide, is a wide-ranging and articulate guide to books by women authors from around the world and throughout history. This unique resource is co-authored by Erica Bauermeister, who has taught at the University of Washington and Antioch University; Holly Smith, the manager of an independent bookstore for over ten years; and Jesse Larsen, a working-class artist and writer now living in Vermont. Joining them are thirty other lovers of words -- from engineers to teachers to mothers to artists -- women writing about books that touched their lives. Each 200-250 word annotation is written to give the reader a sense of the book's style and content. The annotations are organized by theme with seven cross-reference indexes. From the 13th century novel/diary of Lady Nijo to contemporary works by Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Isabelle Allende and Diane Ackerman, 500 Great Books By Women offers a world of reading to all.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0670848298
• ISBN 13: 9780670848294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448