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

Cover Page\n......Page 1
Title Page\n......Page 2
Copyright Page\n......Page 3
Dedication\n......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 38
General Introduction......Page 42
Acknowledgments......Page 2059
Contents......Page 10
The Fourteenth through Seventeenth Centuries......Page 52
A Historical Overview, 1300–1700......Page 53
Women’s Place in Society: The Dispossessed......Page 55
Owning Their Words: Women’s Writing, 1300–1700......Page 62
Timeline......Page 66
JULIAN OF NORWICH (c. 1342–c. 1416; England)......Page 72
From Revelation of Divine Love......Page 73
MARGERY KEMPE (c. 1373–c. 1438; England)......Page 77
From The Book of Margery Kempe......Page 78
ANNE ASKEW (c. 1521–1546; England)......Page 82
The Ballad Which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate......Page 83
From The Latter Examination......Page 85
Cultural Coordinates: Needlework......Page 88
QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533–1603; England)......Page 90
ISABELLA WHITNEY (c. 1540s–c. 1578; England)......Page 92
MARY SIDNEY HERBERT, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE (1561–1621; England)......Page 101
AEMILIA LANYER (1569–1645; England)......Page 104
Cultural Coordinates: Household Space......Page 115
LADY MARGARET CUNNINGHAM (c. 1580–c. 1622; Scotland)......Page 117
LADY MARY WROTH (c. 1586–c. 1651; England)......Page 119
LADY ANNE CLIFFORD (1590–1676; England)......Page 123
Cultural Coordinates: Scolds......Page 128
DOROTHY LEIGH (Active c. 1616; England)......Page 130
ELIZABETH BROOKE JOCELIN (c. 1595–1622; England)......Page 132
Cultural Coordinates: Women’s Community in Childbirth Rooms......Page 136
ANNE BRADSTREET (1612–1672; England, American colonies)......Page 138
MARGARET FELL FOX (1614–1702; England)......Page 144
LADY ANNE HALKETT (c. 1622–1699; England)......Page 146
MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE (1623–1674; England)......Page 149
MARY BOYLE RICH (1624–1678; Ireland, England)......Page 152
Cultural Coordinates: Women’s Spiritual Diaries......Page 160
ELIZABETH CAVENDISH EGERTON (1626–1663; England)......Page 162
KATHERINE FOWLER PHILIPS (1631–1664; England)......Page 163
MARY ROWLANDSON c. 1637–1711......Page 168
APHRA BEHN c. 1640 –1689......Page 174
Cultural Coordinates: Restoration Actresses......Page 249
ANNE KILLIGREW (c. 1660–1685; England)......Page 251
ANNE FINCH (1661–1720; England)......Page 256
Cultural Coordinates: Menstruation and Misogyny......Page 264
JANE SHARP (Active 1671; England)......Page 265
The Eighteenth Century: An Overview......Page 270
Women’s Place in Society: The Rise of the New Domestic Woman......Page 275
Women and the Literary Scene, 1700–1799......Page 283
Timeline......Page 286
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU (1689–1762; England)......Page 288
From Turkish Embassy Letters......Page 289
ELIZA HAYWOOD (c. 1693–1756; England)......Page 297
[The Dangers of Tea]......Page 298
Crumble-Hall......Page 300
An Essay on Woman......Page 304
The Headache......Page 306
MERCY OTIS WARREN (1728–1814; United States)......Page 307
An Address to the Inhabitants of the United States......Page 308
From The Journal of a Lady of Quality: Being a Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies......Page 311
Cultural Coordinates: At Sea......Page 316
MARY COLLIER (Active 1739–1760; England......Page 318
ANNA LAETITIA AIKIN BARBAULD (1743–1825; England)......Page 324
ABIGAIL ADAMS (1744–1818; United States)......Page 329
Cultural Coordinates: Bluestockings......Page 334
HANNAH MORE (1745–1833; England)......Page 336
Cultural Coordinates: The Hoop-Petticoat......Page 360
FRANCES BURNEY (D’ARBLAY) (1752–1840; England)......Page 362
Cultural Coordinates: Shopping......Page 389
PHILLIS WHEATLEY (c. 1754–1784; United States)......Page 391
JANE CAVE (Active c. 1786; England)......Page 395
ELIZA FAY (1756–1816; England)......Page 397
MARY DARBY ROBINSON (1758–1800; England)......Page 407
Cultural Coordinates: Prostitution......Page 412
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759–1797; England)......Page 414
Cultural Coordinates: Breast-feeding and the Wet Nurse......Page 432
JANET LITTLE (1759–1813; Scotland)......Page 433
MARIA EDGEWORTH (1767–1849; Ireland, England)......Page 435
DOROTHY WORDSWORTH (1771–1855; England)......Page 451
MARY BIRKETT (1774–1817; Ireland)......Page 456
Cultural Coordinates: The Tea Table......Page 465
MARY PRINCE (1788–c. 1833; Bermuda, Turk Islands, Antigua, England)......Page 467
ELIZABETH HANDS (Active 1789; England)......Page 487
ANNA MARIA FALCONBRIDGE (Active 1790s; England)......Page 491
The Nineteenth Century: An Overview......Page 500
Women’s Place in Society: Re-imagining Womanhood......Page 509
Women’s Writing, 1800–1899......Page 512
Timeline......Page 520
Cultural Coordinates: The First Australian Woman Writer......Page 526
SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON (1762–1824; England, United States)......Page 527
Cultural Coordinates: The Corset, or Why Heroines Faint So Often......Page 592
JANE AUSTEN (1775–1817; England)......Page 594
Cultural Coordinates: Cassandra’s Sketch and “Gentle Jane”......Page 601
CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK (1789–1867; United States)......Page 603
LYDIA HOWARD HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY (1791–1865; United States)......Page 613
FELICIA DOROTHEA BROWNE HEMANS (1793–1835; England)......Page 621
MARY SHELLEY (1797–1851; England, Italy)......Page 626
SOJOURNER TRUTH (c. 1797–1883; United States)......Page 655
Cultural Coordinates: Cartes de Visite......Page 661
HARRIET MARTINEAU (1802–1876; England)......Page 662
LYDIA MARIA CHILD (1802–1880; United States)......Page 668
SUSANNA MOODIE (1803–1885; England, Canada)......Page 684
Cultural Coordinates: How Did They Do It? The Mechanics of Writing......Page 689
ANGELINA GRIMKÉ (WELD) (1805–1879; United States)......Page 691
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806–1861; England, Italy)......Page 699
FRANCES DANA GAGE (1808–1880; United States)......Page 729
MARGARET FULLER (1810–1850; United States)......Page 734
Cultural Coordinates: Niagara Falls......Page 760
ELIZABETH GASKELL (1810–1865; England)......Page 762
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811–1896; United States)......Page 781
Cultural Coordinates: The Realism of Stereotypes......Page 828
FRANCES (FANNY) LOCKE OSGOOD (1811–1850; United States)......Page 830
Cultural Coordinates: The Invention of the Ladies’ Magazine: Godey’s Lady’s Book......Page 834
FANNY FERN (SARA PAYSON WILLIS PARTON) (1811–1872; United States)......Page 836
HARRIET JACOBS (1813–1897; United States)......Page 841
Cultural Coordinates: Reward for the Capture of Harriet Jacobs......Page 863
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (1815–1902; United States)......Page 865
Cultural Coordinates: The Seneca Falls Convention......Page 873
CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1816–1855; England)......Page 875
Cultural Coordinates: Phrenology......Page 883
EMILY BRONTË (1818–1848; England)......Page 885
Women Composers of Hymns, 1840–1899......Page 891
Nearer, My God, to Thee......Page 892
Battle Hymn of the Republic......Page 893
The Narrow Way......Page 894
In the Bleak Midwinter......Page 895
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies......Page 896
SUSAN WARNER (1819–1885; United States)......Page 897
From The Wide, Wide World......Page 898
GEORGE ELIOT (1819–1880; England)......Page 911
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists......Page 913
Cultural Coordinates: Spirit Rappers and Spiritualism......Page 930
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820–1910; England)......Page 932
MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT (1823–1886; United States)......Page 941
HARRIET E. WILSON (1825?–1900?; United States)......Page 946
CATHERINE HELEN SPENCE (1825–1910; Scotland, Australia)......Page 959
FRANCES E. W. HARPER (1825–1911; United States)......Page 963
DINAH MULOCK CRAIK (1826–1887; England)......Page 977
HELEN HUNT JACKSON (1830–1885; United States)......Page 984
EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886; United States)......Page 987
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830–1894; England)......Page 1000
REBECCA HARDING DAVIS (1831–1910; United States)......Page 1015
ANNA LEONOWENS (1831–1914; England, Colonial: India, Singapore, Thailand, United States, and Canada)......Page 1041
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832–1888; United States)......Page 1048
HANNAH CRAFTS (Active 1850s, United States)......Page 1062
ISABELLA BEETON (1836–1865; England)......Page 1070
Cultural Coordinates: Level Measures......Page 1080
SARAH WINNEMUCCA HOPKINS (c. 1844–1891; Paiute: United States)......Page 1082
EMMA LAZARUS (1849–1887; United States)......Page 1084
Cultural Coordinates: The Sewing Machine......Page 1088
SARAH ORNE JEWETT (1849–1909; United States)......Page 1090
KATE CHOPIN (1850–1904; United States)......Page 1097
ROSA PRAED (1851–1935; Australia)......Page 1184
MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN (1852–1930; United States)......Page 1191
PANDITA RAMABAI SARASWATI (1858–1922; India)......Page 1201
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935; United States)......Page 1206
Cultural Coordinates: Nervousness and the Rest Cure......Page 1220
MARY KINGSLEY (1862–1900; England)......Page 1222
The Twentieth and Twenty–first Centuries......Page 1231
The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries: An Overview......Page 1232
Global Englishes: The Spread of English in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries......Page 1235
Women’s Place in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries: Women in Movement......Page 1237
Women’s Writing, 1900 to the Present: The Shape and Limitations of Modernism and Postmodernism......Page 1243
Timeline......Page 1249
ANNIE BESANT (1847–1933; England, India)......Page 1262
From A Nation’s Rights......Page 1263
Cultural Coordinates: A History of the Bra......Page 1266
EDITH WHARTON (1862–1937; United States, France)......Page 1268
EDITH MAUD EATON (SUI SIN FAR) (1865–1914; England, United States, Canada)......Page 1278
Cultural Coordinates: Chinese American Women and Immigration......Page 1286
CORNELIA SORABJI (1866–1954; India, England)......Page 1288
KATHERINE MAYO (1867–1940; United States)......Page 1300
Cultural Coordinates: The Memsahib......Page 1306
ELLEN GLASGOW (1873–1945; United States)......Page 1308
WILLA CATHER (1873–1947; United States)......Page 1319
GERTRUDE STEIN (1874–1946; United States, France)......Page 1325
Cultural Coordinates: Two Women Writers in Paris, Never Meeting......Page 1335
ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875–1935; United States)......Page 1337
SUSAN GLASPELL (1876–1948; United States)......Page 1342
ZITKALA SA (GERTRUDE SIMMONS BONNIN) (1876–1938; Sioux: United States)......Page 1353
Cultural Coordinates: Indian Boarding Schools......Page 1359
MARGARET COUSINS (1878–1954; Ireland, India)......Page 1361
SAROJINI NAIDU (1879–1949; India)......Page 1363
ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HOSSAIN (1880–1932; Bangladesh, India)......Page 1366
Cultural Coordinates: Purdah......Page 1375
MOURNING DOVE (HUMISHUMA/CHRISTINE QUINTASKET) (1882?–1936; Colville-Okanaga: United States)......Page 1377
VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941; England)......Page 1380
ANZIA YEZIERSKA (c. 1885–1970; Poland, United States)......Page 1401
Cultural Coordinates: Sweatshops......Page 1407
ISAK DINESEN (KAREN BLIXEN) (1885–1962; Denmark, Kenya)......Page 1409
H.D. (HILDA DOOLITTLE) (1886–1961; United States, England, Switzerland)......Page 1413
MARIANNE MOORE (1887–1972; United States)......Page 1423
WILLA MUIR (1890–1970; Scotland)......Page 1428
JEAN RHYS (1890–1979; Dominica, France, England)......Page 1432
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER (1890–1980; United States)......Page 1439
African American Women’s Blues......Page 1447
GERTRUDE “MA” RAINEY (1886–1939; United States)......Page 1448
Prove It on Me Blues......Page 1449
I Got Myself a Workin’ Man......Page 1450
You Gotta Reap What You Sow......Page 1451
Preachin’ the Blues......Page 1452
Poor Man’s Blues......Page 1453
Cultural Coordinates: A Blues Life—Billie Holiday......Page 1454
ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891–1960; United States)......Page 1455
NELLA LARSEN (1891–1964; United States)......Page 1464
Cultural Coordinates: Anti-Lynching Campaigns......Page 1469
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (1892–1950; United States)......Page 1471
DJUNA BARNES (1892–1982; United States)......Page 1474
DOROTHY PARKER (1893–1967; United States)......Page 1478
Cultural Coordinates: Margaret Sanger, Abortion, and Birth Control......Page 1485
MERIDEL LESUEUR (1900–1996; United States)......Page 1487
EUDORA WELTY (1909–2001; United States)......Page 1489
TILLIE OLSEN (1912–2007; United States)......Page 1499
ATTIA HOSAIN (1913–1998; India)......Page 1511
GWENDOLYN BROOKS (1917–2000; United States)......Page 1514
LOUISE BENNETT COVERLEY (1919–2006; Jamaica, Canada)......Page 1523
DORIS LESSING (1919– ; Colonial: Iran, Zimbabwe, England)......Page 1525
HISAYE YAMAMOTO (1921– ; United States)......Page 1531
NADINE GORDIMER (1923– ; South Africa)......Page 1541
DENISE LEVERTOV (1923–1997; England, United States)......Page 1554
MITSUYE YAMADA (1923– ; Japan, United States)......Page 1556
BERYL GILROY (1924–2001; Guyana, England)......Page 1560
ANNE RANASINGHE (1925– ; Germany, England, Sri Lanka)......Page 1566
NAYANTARA SAHGAL (1927– ; India)......Page 1568
MAYA ANGELOU (1928– ; United States)......Page 1579
MARJORIE OLUDHE MACGOYE (1928– ; England, Kenya)......Page 1586
ANNE SEXTON (1928–1974; United States)......Page 1594
CYNTHIA OZICK (1928– ; United States)......Page 1601
URSULA LE GUIN (1929– ; United States)......Page 1605
ADRIENNE RICH (1929– ; United States)......Page 1608
LORRAINE HANSBERRY (1930–1965; United States)......Page 1638
GRACE OGOT (1930– ; Kenya)......Page 1639
TONI MORRISON (1931– ; United States)......Page 1648
ALICE MUNRO (1931– ; Canada)......Page 1667
SYLVIA PLATH (1932–1963; United States, England)......Page 1675
Cultural Coordinates: The Pill......Page 1692
AUDRE LORDE (1934–1992; United States)......Page 1694
CAROL SHIELDS (1935–2003; Canada)......Page 1698
YASMINE GOONERATNE (1935– ; Sri Lanka, Australia)......Page 1704
JOY KOGAWA (1935– ; Canada)......Page 1705
LUCILLE CLIFTON (1936– ; United States)......Page 1709
MARGE PIERCY (1936– ; United States)......Page 1712
BESSIE HEAD (1937–1986; South Africa, Botswana)......Page 1716
ANITA DESAI (1937– ; India)......Page 1719
DIANE WAKOSKI (1937– ; United States)......Page 1724
JOYCE CAROL OATES (1938– ; United States)......Page 1728
BAPSI SIDHWA (1938– ; Pakistan, United States)......Page 1734
Cultural Coordinates: Partitioning Women......Page 1744
TONI CADE BAMBARA (1939–1995; United States)......Page 1745
PAULA GUNN ALLEN (1939– ; Laguna: United States)......Page 1750
MARGARET ATWOOD (1939– ; Canada)......Page 1757
MAXINE HONG KINGSTON (1940– ; United States)......Page 1762
BHARATI MUKHERJEE (1940– ; India, Canada, United States)......Page 1771
OLIVE SENIOR (1941– ; Jamaica, Canada)......Page 1782
GLORIA ANZALDÚA (1942–2004; United States)......Page 1787
AMA ATA AIDOO (1942– ; Ghana)......Page 1797
PAT MORA (1942– ; United States)......Page 1809
NANCY MAIRS (1943– ; United States)......Page 1813
Cultural Coordinates: Women Writers and Disability......Page 1821
PAT PARKER (1944–1989; United States)......Page 1823
EAVAN BOLAND (1944– ; Ireland) \n......Page 1824
BUCHI EMECHETA (1944– ; Nigeria)......Page 1829
Cultural Coordinates: Cutting Women......Page 1835
MERLE HODGE (1944– ; Trinidad, Grenada)......Page 1836
ALICE WALKER (1944– ; United States)......Page 1839
MICHELLE CLIFF (1946– ; Jamaica, United States)......Page 1846
MINNIE BRUCE PRATT (1946– ; United States)......Page 1852
LORNA GOODISON (1947– ; Jamaica, United States)......Page 1854
Cultural Coordinates: Sistren Theatre Collective......Page 1858
LINDA HOGAN (1947– ; Chickasaw: United States)......Page 1859
KERI HULME (1947– ; New Zealand: Maori)......Page 1862
DENISE CHAVEZ (1948– ; United States)......Page 1869
NTOZAKE SHANGE (1948– ; United States)......Page 1874
LESLIE MARMON SILKO (1948– ; Laguna: United States)......Page 1877
ZOE WICOMB (1948– ; South Africa, Scotland)......Page 1886
Cultural Coordinates: Women March against Apartheid......Page 1895
DOROTHY ALLISON (1949– ; United States)......Page 1897
JESSICA HAGEDORN (1949– ; Philippines, United States)......Page 1902
JAMAICA KINCAID (1949– ; Antigua, United States)......Page 1903
JULIA ALVAREZ (1950– ; Dominican Republic, United States)......Page 1910
Cultural Coordinates: Miss America......Page 1916
MERLE COLLINS (1950– ; Grenada, United States)......Page 1918
GRACE NICHOLS (1950– ; Guyana, England)......Page 1920
AHDAF SOUEIF (1950– ; Egypt, England)......Page 1923
MEENA ALEXANDER (1951– ; India, United States)......Page 1932
JOY HARJO (1951– ; Muscogee (Creek): United States)......Page 1937
BELL HOOKS (1952– ; United States)......Page 1943
CHERRÍE MORAGA (1952– ; United States)......Page 1949
AMY TAN (1952– ; United States)......Page 1954
ABENA BUSIA (1953– ; Ghana, United States)......Page 1959
SARA SULERI (1953– ; Pakistan, United States)......Page 1961
SANDRA CISNEROS (1954– ; United States)......Page 1973
Cultural Coordinates: The Virgin of Guadalupe and Feminist Reclaimings......Page 1978
LOUISE ERDRICH (1954– ; Ojibwe: United States)......Page 1980
HELENA MARIA VIRAMONTES (1954– ; United States)......Page 1990
MARILYN MEI LING CHIN (1955– ; China, United States)......Page 1994
BARBARA KINGSOLVER (1955– ; United States)......Page 1998
ALISON BECHDEL (1960– ; United States)......Page 2002
JHUMPA LAHIRI (1967– ; England, United States)......Page 2033
ZADIE SMITH (1975– ; England)......Page 2044
Index......Page 2065