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Author:

Eldred, Janet Carey.

Title:

Literate zeal : gender and the making of a New Yorker ethos / Janet Carey Eldred.

Publisher:

University of Pittsburgh Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xv, 227 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women's periodicals, American--History--20th century.
Women periodical editors--United States.
American literature--History--History--20th century.
American periodicals--History--20th century.
Women--History--United States--History--20th century.
Women and literature--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: haute literacy -- Introduction: literacy, gender, and the rhetorical work of editing -- Between the sheets: editing and the making of a New Yorker ethos -- "The precision of knives," or more than just commas -- Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, and other women's magazines -- Conclusion: lady editors and the embodiment of style -- Afterword: Katharine White's bequest, or ruminations on an archive.

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

ISBN:

082294409X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780822944096 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)729341830

LCCN:

2011048861

Locations:

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

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)