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New England Local Color Literature: A Women's Tradition
by Donovan, Josephine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0804421382
- ISBN 13
- 9780804421386
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: F. Ungar Pub Co, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. This is a landmark work in the field of women's studies, covering such well-known authors as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Sarah Orne Jewett plus many others. It maps out the literary history of what was a women's tradition and school and describes the evolution of that tradition of literary realism in the New England local colorists of the 19th century. Donovan discusses the works of Stowe and Jewett as well as Rose Terry Cooke, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and Mary Freeman and their works in detail and shows how they rejected romantic stereotypes and depicted strong women in realistic local settings.Bound in blue-green cloth w/ black titles on spine, very clean and unmarked with slight rubbing to corners and spine edges. Tight and solid. Internals in Fine Condition--very clean and free from any markings. Blue-green jacket in mylar cover is clean with slight corner wear. It is price-clipped. 158 pp. inc. Notes and Index. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Frederick Ungar Publishers. NY 1983.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017178
- Title
- New England Local Color Literature: A Women's Tradition
- Author
- Donovan, Josephine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804421382
- ISBN 13
- 9780804421386
- Publisher
- F. Ungar Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE-NEW ENGLAND; LITERATURE-HISTORY AND CRITICISM; WOMEN AUTHORS; NEW ENGLAND IN LITERATURE;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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