Frances Newman
Subtitle: southern satirist and literary rebel
By: Barbara Ann Wade.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Newman, Frances, d. 1928 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Feminism and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.; Satire, American -- History and criticism.; Patriarchy in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Southern States -- In literature.
Description: Although Frances Newman's experimental novels (The Hard-Boiled Virgin, 1926, and Dead Lovers are Faithful Lovers, 1928) have recently begun to receive serious critical attention, this is the first published book-length study to focus both on Newman's life and on her fiction.

Barbara Ann Wade draws from the novelist's personal correspondence and newspaper articles to reveal a vibrant, independent woman who simultaneously defied and was influenced by the traditional southern society she so aptly satirized in her writing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.