Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

by Mary Reichardt

Overview

Women have been writing in the Catholic tradition since early medieval times, yet no single volume has brought together critical evaluations of their works until now. The first reference of its kind, Catholic Women Writers provides entries on 64 Catholic women writers from around the world and across the centuries. Each of the entries is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography of the author; a critical discussion of her works, especially her Catholic and women's themes; an overview of her critical reception; and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Authors writing in all genres, including fiction, autobiography, poetry, children's literature, and essays, are represented. The entries give special attention to the authors' use of Catholic themes, structures, traditions, culture, and spirituality. The writers surveyed range from Doctors of the Church to mystics and visionaries, to those who employ Catholic themes primarily in historical and cultural contexts, to those who critique the tradition. An introductory essay places the writers within the historical and literary contexts of women's writing in the Catholic tradition, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313311475
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/30/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

MARY R. REICHARDT is Professor of English and Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she directs the Master's Program in Catholic Studies./e She has published numerous articles and four previous books on women authors.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Margaret Mary Alacoque by Wendy M. Wright
Julia Alvarez by Teresa Derrickson
Angela of Foligno by Molly Morrison
Katherine Burton by Rebecca L. Kroeger
Elizabeth Cary by Irene Morra
Madre Castillo by John F. Crossen
Willa Cather by Sherrill Harbison
Catherine of Genoa by Molly Morrison
Catherine of Siena by Molly Morrison
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha by Kristina Chew
Sandra Cisneros by Eileen Quinlan, S.N.D.
Clare of Assisi by Molly Morrison
Judith Oritz Cofer by Lisa Treviño Roy-Davis
Elizabeth Cullinan by Ellen C. Frye
Dorothy Day by Nancy L. Roberts
Annie Dillard by Eileen Quinlan, S.N.D.
Louise Erdich by Stacey Donohue
Rosario Ferré by Jeana DelRosso
Lady Georgiana Fullerton by Maria LaMonaca
Rumer Godden by Mary R. Reichardt
Caroline Gordon by Nancylee Novell Jonza
Mary Gordon by Stacey Donohue
Louise Imogen Guiney by Anne M. Enenbach
Madame Guyon by Wendy M. Wright
Enrica Handel-Mazzetti by Jeffrey T. Zalar
Emily Henrietta Hickey by Natalie Joy Woodall
Hildegard of Bingin by Debra L. Stoudt
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim by Deanna Delmar Evans
Marie de l'Incarnation by Robert Milliken
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz by John F. Crossen
Julian of Norwich by John Jae-Nam Han
Sheila Kaye-Smith by Ellen C. Frye
Margery Kempe by John Jae-Nam Han
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop by Rebecca L. Kroeger
Mary Lavin by Ann V. Norton
Denise Levertov by Joan F. Hallisey
Clare Boothe Luce by Victoria Carlson
Mary McCarthy by Stacey Donohue
Rigoberta Menchú by Jeana DelRosso
Alice Meynell by Raymond N. Mackenzie
Pilar Millán Astray by Salvador A. Oropesa
Kathleen Norris by Elizabeth Bachrach Tan
Edna O'Brien by Kathleen Jacquette
Flannery O'Conner by Sam McBride
Eunice Odio by David Laraway
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie by Victoria Carlson
Emilia Pardo Bazán by Mary E. Giles
Christine de Pizan by Virginia Brackett
Katherine Anne Porter by Russell Elliott Murphy
Adelaide Anne Procter by Natalie Joy Woodall
Antonia Pulci by RoseAnna Mueller
Christina Rossetti by Kathleen Vejvoda
Mary Anne Sadlier by Stacey Donohue
Dorothy Leigh Sayers by Irene Morra
Valerie Sayers by John Zubizarreta
Sophie Rostopchine, Countess de Ségur by Ruth Carver Capasso
Muriel Spark by Irene Morra
Edith Stein by Paul Majkut
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots by Sarah M. Dunnigan
Teresa of Avila by Mary E. Giles
Thérèse of Lisieux by Mary Theresa Hall
Sigrid Undset by Olivia Schaff
Simone Weil by Thomas Werge
Antonia White by Sarah Myers
General Bibliography
Index