Language and Gender In American Fiction

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. "Nettels examines how Howells, James, Wharton, and Cather helped both to perpetuate and to subvert Victorian America's ideology of language and gender." [from Powell's] Includes bibliography and index. A clean, unmarked copy.

Univ. Press Virginia. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0813917247 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 214 pages .

Univ of Virginia Pr, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x9. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Paperback / softback. New. Elsa Nettels's analysis of American fiction and criticism of the post-Civil War era unearths the prevailing assumptions about language and gender as revealed in definitions of masculine and feminine, and in comparisons of men's and women's speech and writing.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.