Writing a woman's life / Carolyn G. Heilbrun.

By:

Heilbrun, Carolyn G, 1926-2003

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, c1989.Edition: 1st Ballantine Books edDescription: 144 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

034536256X (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

920.72 HEI 20

LOC classification:

CT3203 .H44 1989

Summary: With subtlety and great eloquence, Carolyn Heilbrun shows how, throughout the centuries, those who write about women's lives--biographers andautobiographers--have suppressed the truth of the female experience, in order to make the "written life" conform to the expectations of what that life should be. Heilbrun also examines literature's silence on such vital topics as friendship between women, the female physical experience, and the richness that often imbues a women's later years. Recommended reading for everyone, especially women and writers.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.

With subtlety and great eloquence, Carolyn Heilbrun shows how, throughout the centuries, those who write about women's lives--biographers andautobiographers--have suppressed the truth of the female experience, in order to make the "written life" conform to the expectations of what that life should be. Heilbrun also examines literature's silence on such vital topics as friendship between women, the female physical experience, and the richness that often imbues a women's later years. Recommended reading for everyone, especially women and writers.

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