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Author Showalter, Elaine

Title Sister's choice : tradition and change in American women's writing / Elaine Showalter
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages : illustrations
Contents American questions -- Miranda's story -- 'Little Women': the American female myth -- 'The Awakening': tradition and the American female talent -- The death of the lady (novelist): Wharton's 'House of Mirth' -- The other lost generation -- American female gothic -- Common threads
Summary Traces the transformations of themes in women's writings by examining three women author's works
Analysis English literature By Women
United States
Notes "The Clarendon lectures, 1989."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-195) and index
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Subject Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.
Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Awakening.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
SUBJECT Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904. Awakening
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth. gnd
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 Little women gnd
Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Awakening. gnd
Chopin, Kate 1850-1904 The awakening gnd
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 The house of mirth gnd
Wharton, Edith (1862-1937). House of mirth. ram
Chopin, Kate (1851-1904). Awakening. ram
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth. ram
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women. ram
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Critique et interprétation. ram
Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904. ram
Wharton, Edith. ram
Wharton, Edith. House of mirth. swd
Alcott, Louisa May. Little women. swd
Chopin, Kate. Awakening. swd
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Awakening (Chopin, Kate) fast (OCoLC)fst01776716
House of mirth (Wharton, Edith) fast (OCoLC)fst01937922
Little women (Alcott, Louisa May) fast (OCoLC)fst01360526
Subject American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
Women and literature -- United States -- History
Women and literature.
Frauenliteratur
Aufsatzsammlung
The awakening (Chopin)
The house of mirth (Wharton)
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Vrouwelijke auteurs.
Traditie.
Femmes écrivains américaines -- 20e siècle.
Femmes -- Dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Femmes écrivains américaines -- 19e siècle.
Femmes écrivains -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
Amerikansk litteratur -- 1800-talet.
Amerikansk litteratur -- 1900-talet.
Kvinnliga författare -- Amerikanska -- 1800-talet.
Kvinnliga författare -- Amerikanska -- 1900-talet.
Flickböcker -- Förenta staterna.
Geschichte (1840-1990)
United States.
USA
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191671616
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