Consumerism and American Girls' Literature, 18601940 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780521035750
Subjects: Children's literature studies: general; Literary studies: 19th century; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; USA; American - General; Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Literary Criticism : Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject
First sentence: Girls' fiction came to prominence in the newly invigorated, post-War publishing market, most obviously as a compromise between "preachy" children's fiction and the often sensational domestic novel.