Discovering and reading the American woman
Discovering and reading the American woman
In this paper, I examine the forces at work in the formation of the canon of American Literature in the early years of this century; the white anglo-saxon protestant male ethic dominant in other spheres prevailed in literature and thus women and other minority writers were excluded. The feminist mov...
| Título de la revista: | Revista alicantina de estudios ingleses |
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| Autor: | Bárbara Ozieblo Rajkoswa |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Enlace del documento: | https://raei.ua.es/article/view/1989-n2-discovering-and-reading-the-american-woman |
| Tipo de recurso: | Documento de revista |
| Fuente: | Revista alicantina de estudios ingleses; No 2 (Año 1989). |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/raei.1989.2.11 |
| Entidad editora: | Universitat d´Alacant - Universidad de Alicante |
| Derechos de uso: | Reconocimiento (by) |
| Materias: | Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades --> Lingüística Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades --> Lengua y Lingüística Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades --> Literatura |
| Resumen: | In this paper, I examine the forces at work in the formation of the canon of American Literature in the early years of this century; the white anglo-saxon protestant male ethic dominant in other spheres prevailed in literature and thus women and other minority writers were excluded. The feminist movement of the last two decades has contributed lo the revision of the canon, and many writers of merit have been recovered, including Susan Glaspell. Glaspell (1876-1848) was, with Eugene O'Neill, the principal playwright to work for the Provincetown Players; she was also a renowned novelist. In this paper, I offer a brief look at The Verge, a play acclaimed by feminists of her time. |
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