02885nam 2200553 450 991045144680332120210208163544.00-19-535981-X1-4294-0778-6(CKB)1000000000414332(StDuBDS)AH24084290(SSID)ssj0000128649(PQKBManifestationID)11133994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128649(PQKBWorkID)10070063(PQKB)10529261(MiAaPQ)EBC4702566(EXLCZ)99100000000041433220161012h19921992 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrConflicting stories American women writers at the turn into the twentieth century /Elizabeth AmmonsNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1992.©19921 online resource (ix, 234 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-508038-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.This study examines the work of a wide range of American women writers at the turn of the 20th century, and looks at issues of race and gender in a firm historical context.Liz Ammons's book examines the dramatic appearance, at the turn of the century, of a highly talented group of American women writers from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. How isolated occurrences of talent coalesced into a virtual phenomenon, and against what historical and social obstacles women of the early twentieth century contended, are recurring themes of Ammons' study. Posthumous barriers exist for these women today in the form of literary obscurity; Ammons seeks to overturn these barriers and broaden public recognition beyond individual, received authors (such as Wharton and Cather) by demonstrating the abilities of their peers. With extensive inclusion of numerous previously neglected women writers of African-American descent, Conflicting Stories joins a highly topical debate, and offers a necessary revision of mainstream criticism's simplified reading of America's literary past.American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryElectronic books.American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryWomen and literatureHistory813.4099287Ammons Elizabeth754442MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451446803321Conflicting stories1518108UNINA