Title: Women· compulsion· modernity
First published: 2003
Description: Life in America at the turn of the 19th century has been characterised as distinctly male orientated. Fleissner disputes this popular view & uncovers a new understanding of the era through naturalism, the prominent literary style of the time.
Subjects: American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Naturalism in literature, Feminism in literature, Women and literature, Modernism (literature), Sex role in literature, Women in literature, United states, history, 20th century, American fiction, History and criticism, Feminism and literature, History, American Feminist fiction
LC classification: PS8000