California's Daughter: Gertrude Atherton and Her Times - Rilegato

Leider, Emily Wortis

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ISBN 10: 0804718202 ISBN 13: 9780804718202

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Pr, 1991

Riassunto

Traces the life of the controversial turn of the century American novelist, and describes how she overcame the social restrictions on women to become a writer

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This is the first biography of Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948), one of the most famous, outspoken, and successful novelists of her time. It emphasizes her place in the emergent debate on the place of women in society and her friendships with such figures as Ambrose Bierce and Gertrude Stein. In this colorful, first-ever biography of Atherton, Leider skillfully captures the flair, bravado, and driving ambition of the early twentieth century's most popular female novelist.

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“The paradoxical, individualistic, self-reliant, sometimes despicable, controversial 19th-century American writer comes alive in this fascinating biography. . . . The most complete work on Atherton . . . recommended for its thorough presentation of the writer as part of the literary, social, political, and cultural world of the 19th century.”—Library Journal

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• Editore: Stanford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0804718202
• ISBN 13: 9780804718202
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 428