Journeys in New Worlds

Early American Women's Narratives
Erscheinungsjahr 1988
ISBN: 978-0-299-12584-4
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Presents the personal narratives of four women in the early days of American settlement. These are tales of exploration beyond conventional boundaries, women's voyages of self-discovery in a new world. The authors include Mary Rowlandson, Sarah Knight, Elizabeth Trist and Elizabeth Ashbridge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrews, William L

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth L. Banks (1870-1938) was raised on a Wisconsin farm and graduated from the Milwaukee-Downer Female Seminary to work as a part-time reporter. During her career she worked as secretary to the American ambassador in Peru, ""stunt girl,"" yellow journalist, author, investigative reporter, and freelance writer in both England and the United States. Mary Suzanne Schriber is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Writing Home and Gender and the Writer's Imagination and editor of Telling Travels. Abbey Zink is assistant professor of English at Western Connecticut State University.