TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heilbrun,Carolyn G.
TI  - Writing a woman's life
SN  - 034536256X (pbk.)
AV  - CT3203 .H44 1989
U1  - 920.72 HEI 20
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - Ballantine Books
KW  - Women
KW  - Biography
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Biography as a literary form
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Women authors
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Women and literature
N1  - Grtis; Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -