Female Stories, Female Bodies: Narrative, Identity, and Representation
- ISBN-10
- 0814715737
- ISBN-13
- 9780814715734
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 251
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-02
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- Lidia Curti
Description
On women authors and women in literature
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