Continental, Latin-American and Francophone Women Writers: Selected Papers from the Wichita State University Conference on Foreign Literature, (1986-1987) - Tapa dura

An important contribution to the field of women's writing in French, German, and Spanish....an excellent example of how feminist literary criticism is attempting to break out of the trap of eurocentrism and re-situate the issues of critical debate in abroader context. -- Karen Gould, Editor, Queb?iec Studies, Director of Women's Studies & Professor of French, Bowling Green State University ...offers us an informative, well-presented and diverse collection of essays on women writers....a welcome addition to feminist scholarship. -- Kathleen McNerney, West Virginia University ...offers us an informative, well-presented and diverse collection of essays on women writers....a welcome addition to feminist scholarship. -- Kathleen McNerney, West Virginia University An important contribution to the field of women's writing in French, German, and Spanish....an excellent example of how feminist literary criticism is attempting to break out of the trap of eurocentrism and re-situate the issues of critical debate in a broader context. -- Karen Gould, Editor, Queb?iec Studies, Director of Women's Studies & Professor of French, Bowling Green State University

This is a collection of essays selected from papers given at conferences held at Wichita State University in 1986 and 1987. The literary works discussed were written in three languages, and originated in both Germanies, France, Canada, Spain, Guadeloupe, Senegal, Vald'Aoste, and Latin America from the early Renaissance to the 1980s. Both well-known writers and authors relatively unknown in the U.S. are presented.