Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1995.(Review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: Thompson, Birgitta | Copyright information

Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1995. By HELENA FORSAS-SCOTT. (Women in Context, 4) London and Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Athlone Press. 1997. xiv + 333 pp. 42.00 [pounds sterling] (paperbound 14.95 [pounds sterling]).

This fourth volume of the Women in Context Series will no doubt be a standard reference work in years to come. In addition to an extensive bibliography, it provides analyses of the works of a number of major Swedish women authors, and thus depicts the Swedish scene ...

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