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A discussion of the ideology of the American dream in the culture's female discourses : the untidy house / Adrianne Kalfopoulou.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kalfopoulou, Adrianne.
- Series:
- Women's studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 25.
- Women's studies ; v. 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Women and literature--United States--History.
- Women and literature.
- Success in literature.
- Women in literature.
- History.
- American literature--Women authors.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 199 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, [2000]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Unhousing the (gendered) self in American Culture 1
- Chapter 1 Hester's Ungathered Hair 19
- Chapter 2 Out of the Father's House: Towards a Chronology of Desire 43
- Chapter 3 Shaman: Daughter's Texts/Mothers' (Con)texts 81
- Chapter 4 Borders of the Self: Visiting the Possible 129
- Conclusion: Coming Home 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ([187]-193) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773477446
- OCLC:
- 43445637
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