Susan Glaspell's century of American women : a critical interpretation of her work / Veronica Makowsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makowsky, Veronica A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948--Characters--Women.

Glaspell, Susan.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Heroines in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracing the evolution of Susan Glaspell's writing, Veronica Makowsky provides fascinating glimpses of the life of a woman who broke the barriers against female journalists, advocated socialism, struggled with the precepts of Greenwich Village free love, was one of the founders of the Provincetown Players, participated in the sessions of the feminist Heterodoxy Club, placed women's concerns on the stage as a playwright and actress, and wrote about a turbulent century of American women with courage, optimism, sensitivity, and love. This is the first full-length book about Glaspell's works, inclu

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Hydra Heads of Obscurity; 1. American Girl Becomes American Woman: A Fortunate Fall?; 2. The Glory of the Conquered: Cultural Confusions and Apprentice Fiction; 3. ""Fidelity"" to the Future through ""Visioning,""; 4. Passive Resistance to Active Rebellion: From Trifles to The Verge; 5. Whose Life Is It Anyway? The Road to the Temple; 6. Ghostly Revenants and Symbolic Sons: Fugitives Return; 7. Symbolic Fathers and the Revenge of the Dutiful Daughters; 8. Older, Wiser, and Sadder: Glaspell's Female Reifungsromane; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4237-3546-3

0-19-536009-5

1-280-44317-0

1-60129-905-2

OCLC:

935227395