| Description |
iv, 158 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
National university publications
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National university publications.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Winifred Farrant Bevilacqua -- The sentimentalists / Mary Kelley -- Thanatos and Eros : Kate Chopin's The awakening / Cynthia Griffin Wolff -- "The temptation to be a beautiful object" : double standard and double bind in The house of mirth / Judith Fetterley -- The forgotten reaping-hook : sex in My Antonia / Blanche H. Gelfant -- Ida, a great American novel / Cynthia Secor -- Winning : Katherine Anne Porter's women / Barbara Harrell Carson -- The visionary art of Flannery O'Connor / Joyce Carol Oates -- "A ritual for being born twice" : Sylvia Plath's The bell jar / Marjorie G. Perloff -- Eruptions of funk : historicizing Toni Morrison / Susan Willis -- Fear of flying / Joan Reardon. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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Feminism and literature.
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Feminism and literature. |
| Added Author |
Bevilacqua, Winifred Farrant, 1947-
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| ISBN |
0804693153 |
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