02744oam 22006374a 450 991078257040332120210108074117.01-58729-732-9(CKB)1000000000575957(EBL)843114(OCoLC)296807467(SSID)ssj0000148016(PQKBManifestationID)11150587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148016(PQKBWorkID)10018292(PQKB)10417198(MdBmJHUP)muse9190(MiAaPQ)EBC843114(EXLCZ)99100000000057595720061005d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntitled to the Pedestal[electronic resource] Place, Race, and Progress in White Southern Women's Writing,1920-1945 /Nghana Tamu LewisIowa City University of Iowa Press20071 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-529-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201) and index.CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. THE LADIES AND THE MYTHS; 2. A WHITE BLACK WRITER; 3. A CERTAIN MENTAL ABERRATION; 4. SHE'LL TAKE HER STAND; 5. PAVING THE WAY; 6. NEW BEGINNINGS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXNghana Lewis offers a close reading of the works and private correspondences, essays, and lectures of five southern white women writers: Julia Peterkin, Gwen Bristow, Caroline Gordon, Willa Cather, and Lillian Smith. At the core of this work is a sophisticated reexamination of the myth of southern white womanhood.Women and literatureSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryRace in literatureWomen, White in literatureAmerican literatureWhite authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureSouthern StatesHistory and criticismSouthern StatesIn literatureElectronic books. Women and literatureHistoryRace in literature.Women, White in literature.American literatureWhite authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.810.9/9287/0975810.99287Lewis Nghana Tamu1508809MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910782570403321Entitled to the Pedestal3740296UNINA