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Author:

Keyser, Catherine, 1980-

Title:

Playing smart : New York women writers and modern magazine culture / Catherine Keyser.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xii, 225 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Journalism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
American periodicals--History--20th century.
Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Thoroughly modern Millay and her middlebrow masquerades -- "This unfortunate exterior": Dorothy Parker, the female body, and strategic doubling -- "First aid to laughter": Jessie Fauset and the racial politics of smartness -- The indestructible glamour girl: Dawn Powell, celebrity, and counterpublics -- "Scratch a socialist and you find a snob": Mary McCarthy, irony, and politics -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0813547865 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813547862 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)482562160

LCCN:

2009048294

Locations:

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

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)