Literate zeal
Subtitle: gender, editing, and the making of a New Yorker ethos
By: Janet Carey Eldred
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822944096
Subjects: United States; Women's periodicals, American; American literature; Periodicals; Books and reading; American periodicals; Women and literature; History; Women periodical editors; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: haute literacy; title: Introduction: literacy, gender, and the rhetorical work of editing; title: Between the sheets: editing and the making of a New Yorker ethos; title: "The precision of knives," or more than just commas; title: Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, and other women's magazines; title: Conclusion: lady editors and the embodiment of style; title: Afterword: Katharine White's bequest, or ruminations on an archive.