Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Women Authors - American (U.S.) - Literary Criticism, Germanic Languages - English Language, Literary Criticism - U.S. Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous, Sex Role & Literature, 20th Century
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'This book offers both an original and substantial contribution to the field of literary criticism. By revealing the role of gender-marked language in major writers of realist fiction in America, Elsa Nettels does for literary studies what Deborah Tannen did for sociolinguistics.' --Susan J. Rosowski, University of Nebraska-LincolnEditorials
Booknews
A solid addition to 19th century literary studies investigating how William Dean Howells, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Willa Cather contributed to the perpetuation and subversion of Victorian ideologies of language and gender. Nettels (English, College and William and Mary) gauges how each responded to the assumptions held by the popular magazines that published them, defined "masculine" and "feminine" in their work, characterized women's language, distinguished male and female discourse, and variously engaged in the "construction of gender." Furthermore, Nettels points out the parity between the writers during their own time and the subsequent drop in canonical esteem suffered by Wharton and Cather. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
February 1, 1997
Publisher
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1997.
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780813917245