Adventurous Women in Contemporary American Historical Fiction

1. Introduction.- 2. Revisiting the Canon, Rewriting History: Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's Wife, Or The Stargazer.- 3. Domesticating the Wilderness, a Woman's Mission: Jane Smiley, The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton.- 4. Women and an Uncivil War: Paulette Jiles, Enemy Women.- 5. Adventures of Body and Soul: Audrey Thomas, Isobel Gunn.- 6. Home and Away: Jane Urquhart, Away: A Novel.- 7. The Female Epic: Antonine Maillet, Pelagie: The Return to Acadie.- 8. Conquistador's Moll or Mother of the Nation? Laura Esquivel, Malinche.- 9. The Female Conquistador: Isabel Allende, Ines of My Soul.- 10. The Legacy of the Conquistadors: Esmeralda Santiago, Conquistadora.- 11. Conclusion.

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