Quilt Stories: A Collection of Short Stories, Poems, and Plays
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More than thirty stories, plays, poems, and songs featuring the making of quilts--written from 1845 to the present, mainly by American women--document women's literary history. Featuring the work of Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Sharyn McCrumb, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and many others, Quilt Stories is a colorful literary album of stories, poems, and plays that celebrate quilting as a pattern in women's history. These stories -- grouped under the themes of memory, courtship, struggle, mystery, and wisdom -- reflect the importance of quilting in the lives of American women, not only as a practical craft and a creative outlet, but also as an integral part of the social community.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813108217
ISBN13:9780813108216
Release Date:December 2001
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF WOMEN WRITERS
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This unique collection features the work of women writers - short stories, plays and poems - that have to do with quilting. Written from 184 to the present day, the authors are primarily American women. The narrator in "Aunt Jane of Kentucky" looks at a huge pile of quilts that have been brought out to air, and comments, "There seemed to be every pattern that the ingenuity of women could devise and the industry of women could put together." As noted in the introduction, this also describes the pieces presented in Quilt Stories. Divided into five sections, over 25 works are presented. The first, "Memory Blocks" deals with remembrance and meaning. Others focus on community and courtship, struggle and change, and mystery and murder. The final segment, "Old Maid's Ramble" has age and wisdom as its theme. Among the authors represented are Bobbie Ann Mason, Dorothy Canfield, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marge Piercy, and Joyce Carol Oates. Quilt Stories is an important chronicle of women's literary history achievements and history. - Gail Cooke
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