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Sister Carrie (1900), Theodore Dreiser's first novel, is one of the seminal works in American literature because of Dreiser's ground-breaking dramatization of the tragic life led by men and women in the modern American city. The introduction by Donald Pizer describes in detail the biographical and historical background of the novel and its critical reputation. The four original essays in this 1991 volume not only touch on long-established approaches to Sister Carrie but also reflect a number of the concerns of scholarly and critical movements. Each of the essays is a self-standing examination of a major area of interest in the novel, including such topics as the impact of Dreiser's own life on the creation of Carrie and Hurstwood, the relationship of Carrie and the theater, and Dreiser's naturalism and his narrative technique.

Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Young women in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Dreiser, Theodore, --- Young women in literature.

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Epistolary fiction, English --- Didactic fiction, English --- Master and servant in literature. --- Young women in literature. --- Virtue in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism. --- Richardson, Samuel,

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Young women in literature. --- Wives in literature. --- Girls in literature. --- Mermaids in literature. --- Storm, Theodor (1817-1888) --- Féminité (psychologie) dans la littérature --- Critique et interprétation --- Storm, Theodor, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Since the opening of Vassar College in 1865, objections to higher education for women have ranged from charges that females were mentally and physically incapable of learning to the belief that educating women would destroy society. Underlying all arguments was the folk wisdom which declared that women could not live and work together. To counteract such beliefs, women's colleges tried to create a special kind of space and new role models that would allow women to exist for a short time in idyllic (or, at least, idealized) conditions. The debate over women's education, for the good or ill of society, generated a great deal of "print," including short stories and novels. Shirley Marchalonis guides us through the history of this fiction, its depiction of the complexities of the college experience, and the conflicting attitudes that teetered between fascination and fear, celebration and regret. Using novels, short stories, and some juvenile fiction from 1865 to 1940 - all of it specifically about college "girls"--She examines these ideas, the way they developed over time, and their significance in understanding women's education and women's history. The debate over separate colleges for women continues to this day and can be better understood in the context of this informative and entertaining look at the past.

College stories, American --- American fiction --- Universities and colleges in literature. --- Women college students in literature. --- Education, Higher, in literature. --- Women's colleges in literature. --- College students in literature. --- Young women in literature. --- Universities and colleges in literature --- Education, Higher, in literature --- Women's colleges in literature --- College students in literature --- Young women in literature --- American Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American college stories --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Historische en vergelijkende pedagogiek.

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Whereas scholars of the period have generally read the coquette as a simple and self-evident type, Our Coquettes emphasizes what is strange and surprising about this figure, revealing the coquette to be a touchstone in developing discourses about sexuality, consumerism, empire, and modernity itself. Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.

Thematology --- English literature --- anno 1700-1799 --- Literature and society --- Young women --- Consumption (Economics) --- Consumption (Economics) in literature. --- Man-woman relationships in literature. --- Social interaction in literature. --- Flirting in literature. --- Young women in literature. --- Women --- Young adults --- Girls --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- History --- Social life and customs --- History and criticism.