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Imitations of life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight sonatas / / Abe C. Ravitz



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Autore: Ravitz Abe C
Titolo: Imitations of life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight sonatas / / Abe C. Ravitz
Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages)
Disciplina: 813/.52
Soggetto topico: Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century
City and town life in literature
Immigrants in literature
Slums in literature
Poor in literature
Note generali: Paperback edition 2009.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Cover
Sommario/riassunto: In 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 her
ISBN: 0585128618
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9911147184003321
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