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Analysing the impact of catastrophe on the lives and writings of five female writers, Miriam Fuchs shows that it is the uncertain present that dominates their writing. She looks at: Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawai'i; poet H.D.; art critic Anna Banti; novelist Grete Weil; and writer Isabel Allende.

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Fascinating to all who care about self-representation as a mode of survival. - Susanna Egan, author of Mirror-Talk: Genres of Crisis in Contemporary Autobiography

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 12/31/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299190644, 978-0299190644
      ISBN10: 0299190641

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      Book Synopsis
      Analysing the impact of catastrophe on the lives and writings of five female writers, Miriam Fuchs shows that it is the uncertain present that dominates their writing. She looks at: Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawai'i; poet H.D.; art critic Anna Banti; novelist Grete Weil; and writer Isabel Allende.

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      Fascinating to all who care about self-representation as a mode of survival. - Susanna Egan, author of Mirror-Talk: Genres of Crisis in Contemporary Autobiography

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