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Modern sentimentalism : affect, irony, and female authorship in interwar America
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'Modern Sentimentalism' discusses how the iconic modern woman as presented in interwar American literature. It reveals how this literary figure carries the weight of sentiment and how the question ...
'Modern Sentimentalism' discusses how the iconic modern woman as presented in interwar American literature. It reveals how this literary figure carries the weight of sentiment and how the question of feminine feeling is central to modernism's preoccupations and styles.
Details
- Creator
- Lisa Mendelman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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- ISBNs
- 9780191884283, 0191884286, 9780198849872
- OCLC
- on1141417802
- This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Song of the lark.
- Loos, Anita, 1893-1981. Gentlemen prefer blondes.
- Newman, Frances, 1883-1928. Hard-Boiled Virgin.
- Fauset, Jessie Redmon. Plum bun.
- American literature -- Women authors -- History and critcism.
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Sentimentalism in literature.