Sentimental modernism : women writers and the revolution of the word /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clark, Suzanne
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1991]
Subjects:	Modernism (Literature) Sentimentalism in literature. Literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism. Women in literature.

Table of Contents:

The sentimental and the modern : a common history
Anarchy as a literary figure, anarchy as a female form / Emma Goldman
Jouissance and the sentimental daughter / Edna St. Vincent Millay
Medusa and melancholy : the fatal allure of beauty in Louise Bogan's poetry
Revolution, the woman, and the word / Kay Boyle
The woman in nature and the subject of nonfiction / Annie Dillard
The sentimental and the critical : maternal irony, Alice Walker, and a feminist conclusion.