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c1995., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers of English
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c1994, Facts on File Call No: 016.813 5099287 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Essential bibliography of American fiction
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By Beam, Dorri2010., Cambridge University Press Call No: 813.3 BEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view More... Summary Note: "Dorri Beam presents an important contribution to nineteenth-century fiction by examining how and why a florid and sensuous style came to be adopted by so many authors. Discussing a diverse range of authors, including Margaret Fuller and Pauline Hopkins, Beam traces this style through a variety of literary endeavors and reconstructs the political rationale behind the writers' commitments to this form of prose. Beam provides both close readings of a number of familiar and unfamiliar works and an overarching account of the importance of this form of writing, suggesting new ways of looking at how gender determines literary style. Style, Gender, and Fantasy in Nineteenth Century American Women's Writing redefines our understanding of women's relation to aesthetics and their contribution to both American literary romanticism and feminist reform. This illuminating account provides valuable new insights for scholars of American literature and women's writing"--
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2007., Greenhaven Press Call No: 813 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social issues in literatureSummary Note: A collection of essays that explores how women's issues are presented in Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club;" provides information on the author's life and the writing of the text; and looks at contemporary perspectives on various women's issues. Includes discussion questions, a list of suggested reading, and a bibliography.
