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Posts: 5 09/14/07 02:44:58 A Breath of Fresh Air |
Hi all,
So good to see booktalk back on track;-) I am trying to put together a list of female/feminist writers/poets -focus on the 20th cen-, would you like to help? Thanks Bookclover |
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NaddiaAoC |
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Witty&Wise
Posts: 447 09/14/07 07:32:34 BookTalk Moderator |
Are you talking fiction only writers, or non-fiction as well? An excellent introductory book to feminism is Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti.
Cheryl Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. -Thomas Jefferson
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MadArchitect |
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Posts: 3169 09/14/07 15:37:06 Indisputable BookTalk Master |
I don't know if she counts as feminist, but Iris Murdoch is definitely a thinker and writer to include on any list of prominent and influential 20th century female writers. Katherine Mansfield straddles the line between 19th and 20th, so whether or not you include her is probably a matter of taste. Dorothy Parker is impish, and certainly attacked social norms, but I don't know that she'd qualify as full-bred feminist. And I'm also a fan of Edith Templeton, a short story writer whose "The Darts of Cupid" shares certain affinities with the work of Bernard Malamud.
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bookclover |
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Posts: 5 09/15/07 02:54:47 A Breath of Fresh Air |
I meant novelists and poets but thanks both for the suggestions!
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Niall001 |
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Posts: 897 09/16/07 11:44:39 Smarty Pants |
Maybe you should include Angela Carter and Flannery O'Connor.
And they're probably the only female writers I give a fig about. |
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garicker |
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Posts: 262 09/17/07 08:35:53 Smarty Pants |
I think you would want to include The Women's Room by Marilyn French.
George http://www.godlessinamerica.com
"Godlessness is not about denying the existence of nonsensical beings. It is the starting point for living life without them." Godless in America by George A. Ricker |
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