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Imitations of life
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ISBN: 0585128618 9780585128610 9780809386635 0809386631 0809321424 9780809321421 0809329085 9780809329083 Year: 1997 Publisher: Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press

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In the early 1920's, Fannie Hurst's enormous popularity made her the highest-paid writer in America. She conquered the literary scene at the same time the silent movie industry began to emerge as a tremendously profitable and popular form of entertainment. Abe C. Ravitz parallels Hurst's growing acclaim with the evolution of silent films, from which she borrowed ideas and techniques that furthered her career. Ravitz notes that Hurst was amazingly adept at anticipating what the public wanted. Sensing that the national interest was shifting from rural to urban subjects, Hurst set her

Influencing America's tastes : realism in the works of Wharton, Cather, and Hurst
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ISBN: 0813024803 9780813024806 Year: 2002 Publisher: Gainesville [etc.] University Press of Florida

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