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Griffith Jean Carol |
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Titolo |
The color of democracy in women's regional writing [[electronic resource] /] / Jean Carol Griffith |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Women authors, American - Political and social views |
Regionalism in literature |
Local history in literature |
Democracy in literature |
Electronic books. |
New York (N.Y.) In literature |
Southern States In literature |
West (U.S.) In literature |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Writing region in the new century -- "Is New York such a labyrinth?" : street life and amalgamation in Wharton's and Glasgow's city -- Men of the mob and "fascinatingly American" women -- "Et que cetait comme dans le livre" : Wharton, the Harlem Renaissance, and all that jazz -- "Virginia is not dead but sleepeth": segregation and the "family Black and white" in Glasgow's and Cather's South -- Family reunion : slavery as usable past -- A house divided : the interracial family and the white supremacist community -- "Fortunate country" : old immigrants and new women in Cather's and Wharton's West -- How the West was whitened -- New women and the world of business -- Conclusion: "Always, everywhere, inferior". |
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