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Author Kent, Kathryn R., 1966-

Title Making girls into women : American women's writing and the rise of lesbian identity / Kathryn R. Kent.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.

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 Moore Stacks  PS228.L47 K46 2003    Available  ---
Description xi, 355 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Series Q.
Series Q.
Contents "Single white female": the sexual politics of spinsterhood in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Oldtown folks -- "Trying all kinds": Louisa May Alcott's pedagogic erotics -- "Scouting for girls": reading and recruitment in the early twentieth century -- "Excreate a no sense": the erotic currency of Gertrude Stein's Tender buttons -- The M multiplying: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop and the pleasure of influence, part I -- Influence and invitation: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and the pleasures of influence, part 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-344) and index.
Subject Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Lesbians in literature.
Lesbians in literature.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Women authors.
Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Lesbians' writings, American.
Homosexuality and literature -- United States.
Homosexuality and literature.
United States.
Women and literature -- United States.
Women and literature.
Sexual orientation in literature.
Sexual orientation in literature.
Women in literature.
Women in literature.
Girls in literature.
Girls in literature.
Sexual orientation.
Sexual orientation.
Sexual orientation.
Sexual preference.
ISBN 0822330164 paperback alkaline paper
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