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Consumerism and American Girls' Literature, 1860-1940


Book Description
Why did the figure of "the girl" come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the nineteenth century into the twentieth? Peter Stoneley looks at how women were fictionalized for the girl reader as ways of achieving a powerful social and cultural presence. Covering a wide range of works and writers, this book is of interest to cultural and literary scholars.
Book Information
PublisherCambridge University Press
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages178
ISBN-100521821878
ISBN-13978-0521821872
Publication Date04/14/2003
The Creators
About Peter Stoneley (Author) : Peter Stoneley is a published author and an editor of children's books. Published credits of Peter Stoneley include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Oxford World's Classics), Consumerism and American Gir... more
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