Entitled to the pedestal : place, race, and progress in white Southern women's writing, 1920-1945 /

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Nghana Lewis offers a close reading of the works and private correspondences, essays, and lectures of five southern white women writers: Julia Peterkin, Gwen Bristow, Caroline Gordon, Willa Cather, and Lillian Smith. At the core of this work is a sophisticated reexamination of the myth of southern w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Nghana Tamu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > White authors > History and criticism.
Women, White, in literature.
Race in literature.
Women and literature > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs blancs > Histoire et critique.
Blanches dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
American literature
American literature > White authors
American literature > Women authors
Literature
Race in literature
Women and literature
Women, White, in literature
Southern States > In literature.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la littérature.
Southern States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ladies and the myths : white Southern women's writing
  • A white black writer : Julia Mood Peterkin
  • A certain mental aberration : Gwen Bristow
  • She'll take her stand : Caroline Gordon
  • Paving the way : Willa Cather and Lillian Smith
  • New beginnings : old sites of authority.

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