us, as well as the unknown, have graced page after page with eloquence and education so as to move forward such an important literary concept. With the worlds very first writer having said to be a woman, it is no surprise to find some of the most influential American literary works have derived from the fairer gender. High priestless Enheduanna was to have possessed such an intensity about her that she was the representationof the fierce female energy found in spiritual traditions throughout the world (Halio, Siegal 72). Following in such grand style, women of modern literature have also led with such fierceness in an attempt to cast the same broad brush of Americana as the men have so successfully achieved.The inherent obstacles women have faced in the literary world, just by the virtue of being women, have given way to an abundance of influential, well respected and accomplished female writers. Their inspiration upon American literature has been nothing short of spectacular as the overwhelming odds and obstacles of the past have grown less stringent for those women who strive for literary expression (Halio, Siegal 30). Indeed, the innumerable contributions to American literature stand out as considerable and for-reaching. By assessing the various factors each component has brought to the overall composition, it is easily arguable that American literature is a compilation of many foreign entities that ultimately embrace and represent the American wayWorksCited...
