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Working women, literary ladies : the industrial revolution and female aspiration /

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This is an exploration of the simultaneous entry of working-class women in the US into wage-earning factory labour and into opportunities for mental and literary development. The text traces the hopes and tensions generated by expectations of their gender and class.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Sylvia Jenkins, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Working class writings, American > History and criticism.
Working class women in literature.
Working class women > United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Working class women > United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Écrits d'ouvriers américains > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > Women authors
Women and literature
Working class women in literature
Working class women > Intellectual life
Working class writings, American
United States
Frauenliteratur
Arbeiterliteratur
Industrielle Revolution
Arbeiterin > Motiv
USA
Arbeiterliteratur > amerikanische > Frau > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Arbeiterliteratur > amerikanische > Frau > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Frau > Arbeiterliteratur > amerikanische > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Frau > Arbeiterliteratur > amerikanische > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Amerikansk litteratur > historia > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Amerikansk litteratur > kvinnliga författare.
Arbetarkvinnor i litteraturen.
Arbetarlitteratur > Förenta staterna.
Kvinnor och litteratur > Förenta staterna > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Arbetarkvinnor > intellektuellt liv > Förenta staterna.
1800-1999
Geschichte 1814-1918.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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