Displaying 1 of 1 1991 Format: Book Author: Showalter, Elaine. Title: Sister's choice : tradition and change in American women's writing / Elaine Showalter. Publisher, Date: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. Description: viii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary: Traces the transformations of themes in women's writings by examining three women author's works. Subjects: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women. Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Awakening. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth. American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Women and literature -- United States -- History. Notes: "The Clarendon lectures, 1989." Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-195) and index. Also issued online. Contents: American questions -- Miranda's story -- 'Little Women': the American female myth -- 'The Awakening': tradition and the American female talent -- The death of the lady (novelist): Wharton's 'House of Mirth' -- The other lost generation -- American female gothic -- Common threads. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 91012852 ISBN: 0198123833 9780198123835 Other Number: 23464020 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 36515 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 810.9 Showalte Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
