Contemporary American women writers: narrative strategies

Ann Beattie, the art of the missing / Carolyn Porter

Grace Paley, chaste compactness / Ronald Schleifer

Annie Dillard, narrative fringe / William J. Scheick

Anne Redmon, the fugal procedure of Music and silence / Catherine Rainwater

Cynthia Ozick, invention and orthodoxy / Ellen Pifer

Anne Tyler, medusa points and contact points / Mary F. Robertson

Alice Walker, the dialect and letters of The color purple / Elizabeth Fifer

Maxine Hong Kingston, narrative technique and female identity / Suzanne Juhasz

Toni Morrison, mastery of narrative / Linda W. Wagner

Marge Piercy, the double narrative structure of Small changes / Elaine Tuttle Hansen and William J. Scheick.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction ; The Art of the Missing; A Bibliography of Writings by Ann Beattie; Chaste Compactness; A Bibliography of Writings by Grace Paley; Narrative Fringe; A Bibliography of Writings by Annie Dillard ; The Fugal Procedure of Music and Silence; A Bibliography of Writings by Anne Redmon; Invention & Orthodoxy; A Bibliography of Writings by Cynthia Ozick; Medusa Points & Contact Points; A Bibliography of Writings by Anne Tyler; The Dialect & Letters of The Color Purple; A Bibliography of Writings by Alice Walker.

Narrative Technique & Female IdentityA Bibliography of Writings by Maxine Hong Kingston; Mastery of Narrative; A Bibliography of Writings by Toni Morrison; The Double Narrative Structure of Small Changes; A Bibliography of Writings by Marge Piercy; Notes on the Writers; Notes on the Contributors.