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Consumerism and American Girls' Literature, 1860-1940 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Consumerism and American Girls' Literature 18601940 - Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Author:Peter Stoneley Why did the figure of "the girl" come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the nineteenth century into the twentieth? Peter Stoneley looks at how women were fictionalized for the girl reader as ways of achieving a powerful social and cultural presence. Covering a wide range of works and writers, this book is of interest to cul... more »tural and literary scholars.« less