Judy Cornes

Sex, Power and the Folly of Marriage in Women's Novels of the 1920s

A Critical Study of Seven American Writers

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Produktbeschreibung

The Americans experienced great social change in the decade following World War I. They were restless, often discontented, searching for the good life--the one promised to the generation who, cheered on by patriotic slogans and propaganda, enlisted to fight on European battlefields. While young writers such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald romanticized the lives of Americans in postwar Europe and the U.S., a number of women authors in the 1920s looked through a darker lens. The novels of Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Margaret Wilson, Edna Ferber, Ellen Glasgow, Dorothy Scarborough and Dawn Powell--set mainly in the 19th century--searched the past for the origins of postwar upheaval, especially with respect to the status of women. Today, a few iconic male novelists of the 1920s are synonymous with the spirit and culture of the Jazz Age. This book focuses on their female contemporaries--largely neglected by both critics and readers--who remain relevant for their exploration of timeless social and psychological themes, the battle of the sexes and its tragic consequences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780786497317
• ISBN-10: 0786497319
• Artikelnr.: 43546683

Autorenporträt

Judy Cornes is a retired English professor from Odessa College in Texas. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface delete
1 Introduction delete
9 One.
Edith Wharton's Not-So-Innocent Age delete
27 Two.
Revenge Accomplished by One of Ours delete
60 Three.
The Luck of the Able McLaughlins delete
90 Four.
A World in Transition Grown So Big delete
112 Five.
Ellen Glasgow: Finished with All That delete
146 Six.
Driven to Murder in the West Texas Wind delete
176 Seven.
A River of Poison Floods the Bride's House delete
203 Chapter Notes delete
225 Bibliography delete
233 Index delete
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