| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Oxford studies in American literary history |
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Oxford studies in American literary history.
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| Contents |
Introduction: sex without consequence: American fiction and femininity between the wars -- Willa Cather and the new woman's "un-sentimental sort of success" -- The old-fashioned flapper: Gentlemen prefer blondes and sentimental satire -- Free love and hard-boiled sentiment -- Modern sentimentalism and the new negro -- Conclusion: after happily ever after: divorce, maternity, and the future of the modern woman |
| Summary |
'Modern Sentimentalism' discusses how the iconic modern woman as presented in interwar American literature. It reveals how this literary figure carries the weight of sentiment and how the question of feminine feeling is central to modernism's preoccupations and styles |
| Notes |
This edition previously issued in print: 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 17, 2020) |
| Subject |
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Song of the lark
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Loos, Anita, 1893-1981. Gentlemen prefer blondes.
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Newman, Frances, 1883-1928. Hard-Boiled Virgin
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Fauset, Jessie Redmon. Plum bun.
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Nervo, Amado |
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Universidad Sergio Arboleda |
| SUBJECT |
Gentlemen prefer blondes (Loos, Anita) fast |
| Subject |
American literature -- Women authors -- History and critcism
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Sentimentalism in literature.
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American literature
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Sentimentalism in literature
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Empfindsamkeit
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Frauenliteratur
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191884283 |
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0191884286 |
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9780192589729 |
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0192589725 |
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9780192589712 |
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0192589717 |
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