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Author:

Kent, Kathryn R., 1966-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xi, 355 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Alcott, Louisa May,--1832-1888--Views on sexual orientation.
Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946--Views on sexual orientation.
Moore, Marianne,--1887-1972--Views on sexual orientation.
Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911-1979--Views on sexual orientation.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Lesbians in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Lesbians' writings, American--History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature--United States.
Women and literature--United States.
Sexual orientation in literature.
Women in literature.
Girls in literature.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Series Q

ISBN:

9780822330165 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822330164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822330301 (alk. paper)
082233030X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50004084

LCCN:

2002008828

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)