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Literate zeal : gender and the making of a New Yorker ethos /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eldred, Janet Carey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2012]
Series:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Subjects:
Women's periodicals, American > History > 20th century.
Women periodical editors > United States.
American literature > Periodicals > History > 20th century.
American periodicals > History > 20th century.
Women > Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: haute literacy
  • Introduction: literacy, gender, and the rhetorical work of editing
  • Between the sheets: editing and the making of a New Yorker ethos
  • "The precision of knives," or more than just commas
  • Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, and other women's magazines
  • Conclusion: lady editors and the embodiment of style
  • Afterword: Katharine White's bequest, or ruminations on an archive.