| Consumerism and American Girls' Literature, 1860-1940 Contributor(s): Stoneley, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521821878 ISBN-13: 9780521821872 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Why did the figure of "the girl" come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the nineteenth century into the twentieth? Peter Stoneley looks at how women were fictionalized for the girl reader as ways of achieving a powerful social and cultural presence. Covering a wide range of works and writers, this book is of interest to cultural and literary scholars. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 813.409 |
| LCCN: 2002031067 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why did the figure of the girl come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the nineteenth century into the twentieth? Peter Stoneley looks at how women were fictionalized for the girl reader as ways of achieving a powerful social and cultural presence. Covering a wide range of works and writers, this book is of interest to cultural and literary scholars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stoneley, Peter: - Peter Stoneley is Lecturer in the School of English at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of Mark Twain and the Feminine Aesthetic (Cambridge, 1992). |