Embodying beauty : twentieth-century American women writers' aesthetics / Malin Pereira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pereira, Malin, author.

Series:

Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

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

Women and literature.

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

Aesthetics, Modern--20th century.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Beauty, Personal, in literature.

Human body in literature.

Aesthetics, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Embodying beauty : 20th-century American women writers' aesthetics

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Contexts I The First Generation; Chapter One In Dialogue with Dominant Aesthetics: H.D. and Zora Neale Hurston; Contexts II The Second Generation; Chapter Two In Search of ""Part Two"": Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia Plath; Chapter Three Figuring and Re-Figuring the Colonizer's Aesthetics: Louise Glück and Toni Morrison; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

First published 2000 by Garland Publishing Inc.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral), 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-71169-0

1-138-96861-7

1-315-05428-0

1-135-71162-3

9781315054285

OCLC:

874149553