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Author Kent, Kathryn R., 1966-

Title Making girls into women [electronic resource] : American women's writing and the rise of lesbian identity / Kathryn R. Kent.

Imprint Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2003.

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Description xi, 355 p.
Series Series Q
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Series Q.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-344) and index.
Contents "Single white female": the sexual politics of spinsterhood in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Oldtown folks -- "Trying all kinds": Louisa May Alcott's pedagogic erotics -- "Scouting for girls": reading and recruitment in the early twentieth century -- "Excreate a no sense": the erotic currency of Gertrude Stein's Tender buttons -- The M multiplying: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop and the pleasure of influence, part I -- Influence and invitation: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and the pleasures of influence, part 2.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Lesbians in literature.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Girls in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822384571
0822384574
082233030X (alk. paper)
9780822330301 (alk. paper)
0822330164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822330165 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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