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Autore |
Glaspell Susan <1876-1948.> |
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Titolo |
Her America [[electronic resource] ] : A jury of her peers and other stories / / by Susan Glaspell ; edited by Patricia L. Bryan and Martha C. Carpentier |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BryanPatricia L. <1951-> |
CarpentierMartha Celeste |
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Soggetti |
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Women - United States - Social conditions - 19th century |
American fiction - Women authors |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Looking after Clara : August 1914 -- The manager of Crystal Sulphur Springs : July 1915 -- Unveiling Brenda : June 1916 -- A jury of her peers : March 1917 -- A matter of gesture : August 1917 -- Poor Ed : March 1918 -- Beloved husband : April 1918 -- The busy duck : November 1918 -- Pollen : March 1919 -- Government goat : April 1919 -- The nervous pig : February 1920 -- A rose in the sand : May 1927. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the preeminent authors of the early twentieth century, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) produced fourteen ground-breaking plays, nine novels, and more than fifty short stories. Her work was popular and critically acclaimed during her lifetime, with her novels appearing on best-seller lists and her stories published in major magazines and in The Best American Short Stories. Many of her short works display her remarkable abilities as a humorist, satirizing cultural conventions and the narrowness of small-town life. And yet they also evoke serious questions-relevant as much today as during Glas |
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