Writing the margins : Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and the literary tradition of the ruined women / Catherine E. Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Catherine E.

Series:

LeBaron Russell Briggs prize honors essays in English ; 1986.

The LeBaron Russell Briggs prize honors essay in English ; 1986

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Political and social views.

Wharton, Edith.

Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945--Political and social views.

Glasgow, Ellen.

Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Women in literature.

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

American fiction--Women authors.

Marginality, Social, in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

73 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, Mass.] : Dept. of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1987.

Summary:

In the first section of this essay, the author will examine the other author's technique of using marginal characters to draw the boundaries and illuminate the undercurrents of the societies influenced the ways in which they chose to use writing as a tool for criticizing those societies. In the last section, he will examine how echoes illustrate the differing ways they approached the literary tradition.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 70-73.

ISBN:

0674962354

OCLC:

16928916