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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962642503321

Autore

Wade Barbara Ann <1947->

Titolo

Frances Newman : southern satirist and literary rebel / / Barbara Ann Wade

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8173-8661-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 200 p

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

Feminism and literature - Southern States - History - 20th century

Women and literature - Southern States - History - 20th century

Satire, American - History and criticism

Patriarchy in literature

Sex role in literature

Southern States In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paperback edition published 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Living as a Southern Lady and Literary Rebel -- 2. Demythologizing the Southern Lady -- 3. Questioning Social Change -- 4. Revising Literary Conventions -- 5. Experimenting with Novelistic Devices -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This first biographical and literary assessment of Frances Newman highlights one of the most experimental writers of the Southern Renaissance   Novelist, translator, critic, and acerbic book reviewer Frances Newman (1883-1928) was praised by Virginia novelist James Branch Cabell and critic H.L.Mencken.