WOMEN'S WORLDS: The McGraw-Hill Anthology of Women's Writing in English Across the Globe

About this book

Womens Worlds a new anthology of womens writing makes available a broad range of womens voices from across time across classes and across the globe in a slimmer more flexible and more affordable format. This new anthology includes selections from the 14th through the 21st centuries from the first text by a woman published in English (Julian of Norwichs Revelation of Divine Love) to selections by contemporary writers like Barbara Kingsolver Alison Bechdel and Zadie Smith. The selections are drawn from Britain and North America but also from Africa Asia Oceania the Middle East and the Caribbean--wherever English is spoken. While classics of fiction poetry and drama are provided the text also includes essays song lyrics letters diary entries--even excerpts from domestic handbooks and a graphic memoir--to represent the full range of womens voices. And Cultural Coordinates essays provide insights into customs and costumes from purdah to life before the Pill. To expand the choice of novels instructors wish to assign McGraw-Hill also offers works from Library of Womens Literature at a discount.