Title: Women and the popular imagination in the twenties : flappers and nymphs /
Authors: Melman, Billie.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: English fiction History and criticism; Women in literature; Women and literature Great Britain.; Popular literature Great Britain History and criticism.; Best sellers Great Britain.; Women Great Britain Books and reading.; Books and reading Great Britain History; Sex in literature
Contents: Introduction: 1918-28, Contexts and texts -- "The idiom that the general public posssesses". The superfluous woman, the flapper, the disfranchised female and the Rothermere Press -- 'Furtive excitement': the discourse in best-sellers. 'Sex novels': a new kind of best-seller -- 1921: If Winter Comes - a 'masculine' novel -- 1924: The Green Hat -- 1924: Annus Mirabilis: The Constant Nymph -- 1919-28: 'The Sheik of Araby' - freedom in captivity in the desert romance -- Realistic fantasies: the world of the story papers. Class and gender: The 'girls' weeklies' -- 'A lass of Lancashire': the mill girl as emblem of working-glass virtues -- The emigrant: romance and the empire -- Conclusion.