02594nam 22004933u 450 991077873430332120220428235747.00-585-12861-8(CKB)111000211296930(EBL)1354478(OCoLC)856870259(MiAaPQ)EBC1354478(EXLCZ)9911100021129693020131216d2009|||| u|| |engImitations of life[electronic resource] Fannie Hurst's gaslight sonatasCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20091 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2142-4 Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Woman in the Big Town: Career and Life; 2. Recognition and Acclaim: Gaslight Sonatas; 3. Cinematic Visualization: The Novel; 4. Fashionable Shapes: Social Rhapsodies of the 1920's; 5. The Triumph of Industry: Women in Love; Notes; Selected Short Stories of Fannie Hurst Published Before 1933; Index; Author Bio; Back CoverIn the early 1920's, Fannie Hurst's enormous popularity made her the highest-paid writer in America. She conquered the literary scene at the same time the silent movie industry began to emerge as a tremendously profitable and popular form of entertainment. Abe C. Ravitz parallels Hurst's growing acclaim with the evolution of silent films, from which she borrowed ideas and techniques that furthered her career. Ravitz notes that Hurst was amazingly adept at anticipating what the public wanted. Sensing that the national interest was shifting from rural to urban subjects, Hurst set herCity and town life in literatureHurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 -- Criticism and interpretationImmigrants in literaturePoor in literatureSlums in literatureWomen and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryCity and town life in literature.Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation.Immigrants in literature.Poor in literature.Slums in literature.Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.813.52813/.52Ravitz Abe C1490826AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778734303321Imitations of life3712277UNINA