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BL
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1030516
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b784886
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| Main Entry
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Lewis, Nghana Tamu.
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| Title & Author
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Entitled to the pedestal : : place, race, and progress in white Southern women's writing, 1920-1945 /\ Nghana Tamu Lewis.
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages)
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| ISBN
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1587297329
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: 9781587297328
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1587295296
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9781587295294
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index.
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| Contents
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The ladies and the myths : white Southern women's writing -- A white black writer : Julia Mood Peterkin -- A certain mental aberration : Gwen Bristow -- She'll take her stand : Caroline Gordon -- Paving the way : Willa Cather and Lillian Smith -- New beginnings : old sites of authority.
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| Abstract
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Nghana Lewis offers a close reading of the works and private correspondences, essays, and lectures of five southern white women writers: Julia Peterkin, Gwen Bristow, Caroline Gordon, Willa Cather, and Lillian Smith. At the core of this work is a sophisticated reexamination of the myth of southern white womanhood.
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American literature-- White authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Southern States-- History and criticism.
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Race in literature.
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Women and literature-- Southern States-- History-- 20th century.
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Women, White, in literature.
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American literature-- White authors.
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American literature-- Women authors.
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American literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Women Authors.
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Literature.
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Race in literature.
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Women and literature.
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Women, White, in literature.
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Southern States, In literature.
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Southern States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.992870975
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| LC Classification
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PS261.L47 2007eb
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