Growing Up Female - Adolescent Girlhood in American Fiction (Paperback, New Ed)

In this first book to be written on female adolescence in American literature, Barbara A. White offers a necessary corrective both to the bias of current criticism, which emphasizes boys' growth to manhood, and to the neglect and misunderstanding of important works of fiction by women. In the process, she provides new literary and social perspectives on two significant developments of modern times: the emergence of adolescence, in the late nineteenth century, as a recognized stage of life and the role and identity changes experienced by women since 1900. Her balanced treatment includes both a general survey of the fiction of female adolescence and in-depth investigation of works of four representative writers--Edith Wharton, Ruth Suckow, Carson McCullers, and Jean Stafford. An extensive bibliography lists over 275 novels by women about female adolescence.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1985
First published:	October 1985
Authors:	Barbara A. White
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-25065-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-313-25065-0
Barcode:	9780313250651

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