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Dirty Work
Domestic Service in Progressive-Era Women’s Fiction
Ann Mattis
What representations of domestic service in literature reveal about various Progressive Era cultural narratives
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Dirty Work
Domestic Service in Progressive-Era Women’s Fiction
Ann Mattis
What representations of domestic service in literature reveal about various Progressive Era cultural narratives
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Tactics of the Human
Experimental Technics in American Fiction
Laura Shackelford
A comparative literary perspective on emerging digital cultures and how the systems-thinking of Post-World War II information and dynamic systems theory have entered into everyday life and lived space, prompting tactical (re)understandings of the human
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Tactics of the Human
Experimental Technics in American Fiction
Laura Shackelford
A comparative literary perspective on emerging digital cultures and how the systems-thinking of Post-World War II information and dynamic systems theory have entered into everyday life and lived space, prompting tactical (re)understandings of the human
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Tactics of the Human
Experimental Technics in American Fiction
Laura Shackelford
A comparative literary perspective on emerging digital cultures and how the systems-thinking of Post-World War II information and dynamic systems theory have entered into everyday life and lived space, prompting tactical (re)understandings of the human
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Paper 2015 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Tactics of the Human" to Cart
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Another Part of a Long Story
Literary Traces of Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton
William Davies King
The long-neglected story of a literary marriage and the wife who helped America's first canonical playwright launch his career
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Hardcover 2010 $69.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Another Part of a Long Story" to Cart
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Another Part of a Long Story
Literary Traces of Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton
William Davies King
The long-neglected story of a literary marriage and the wife who helped America's first canonical playwright launch his career
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Mammy
A Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory
Kimberly Wallace-Sanders
A revealing exploration of the origins and meanings of the mammy figure
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Paper 2009 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Mammy" to Cart
5. Cover image for 'Henry James at Work'
Henry James at Work
Theodora Bosanquet
The delightful memoir by James's feisty and feminist secretary, with a biographical essay and excerpts from her diaries
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Hardcover 2007 $44.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Henry James at Work" to Cart
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Henry James at Work
Theodora Bosanquet
The delightful memoir by James's feisty and feminist secretary, with a biographical essay and excerpts from her diaries
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6. Cover image for 'Nimble Believing'
Nimble Believing
Dickinson and the Unknown
James McIntosh
A groundbreaking exploration of the themes of faith and doubt in Emily Dickinson's poetry
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Paper 2004 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Nimble Believing" to Cart
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Gates of Freedom
Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind
Eugenia C. DeLamotte
Rediscovers and celebrates the long-neglected writing of one of the world's most important feminist anarchists
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Gates of Freedom
Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind
Eugenia C. DeLamotte
Rediscovers and celebrates the long-neglected writing of one of the world's most important feminist anarchists
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Imagining Adoption
Essays on Literature and Culture
Marianne Novy, Editor
Engaging essays on the theme of adoption as seen in literary works and in writings by adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption activists
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Paper 2004 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Imagining Adoption" to Cart
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Imagining Adoption
Essays on Literature and Culture
Marianne Novy, Editor
Engaging essays on the theme of adoption as seen in literary works and in writings by adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption activists
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Paper 2004 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Imagining Adoption" to Cart
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Susan Glaspell in Context
American Theater, Culture, and Politics, 1915-48
J. Ellen Gainor
The first in-depth examination of the theatrical achievements of this acclaimed playwright
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Susan Glaspell in Context
American Theater, Culture, and Politics, 1915-48
J. Ellen Gainor
The first in-depth examination of the theatrical achievements of this acclaimed playwright
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Paper 2004 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Susan Glaspell in Context" to Cart
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10. Cover image for 'Soul Barnacles'
Soul Barnacles
Ten More Years with Ray
Tess Gallagher
Documents that chronicle the story of a literary partnership and marriage that did not end with death
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Paper 2003 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Soul Barnacles" to Cart
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The Instant of Knowing
Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose
Josephine Jacobsen
A rich assortment of the writings of rediscovered octogenarian poet Josephine Jacobsen
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Paper 2002 $21.95 Available Add Paper for "The Instant of Knowing" to Cart
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Susan Glaspell
Essays on Her Theater and Fiction
Linda Ben-Zvi, Editor
The first book-length critical assessment of American playwright and fiction writer Susan Glaspell
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Paper 2002 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "Susan Glaspell" to Cart
13. Cover image for 'On Gwendolyn Brooks'
On Gwendolyn Brooks
Reliant Contemplation
Stephen Caldwell Wright, Editor
A reassessment of the art and achievements of the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize
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Paper 2001 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "On Gwendolyn Brooks" to Cart
14. Cover image for 'Telling Incest'
Telling Incest
Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire
Janice Doane and Devon Hodges
An exploration of how specific historical contexts, narrative conventions, and cultural politics shape the ways that stories of incest are told and heard
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Telling Incest
Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire
Janice Doane and Devon Hodges
An exploration of how specific historical contexts, narrative conventions, and cultural politics shape the ways that stories of incest are told and heard
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Paper 2001 $25.95 Available Add Paper for "Telling Incest" to Cart
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Becoming a Poet
Elizabeth Bishop with Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell
David Kalstone
A celebrated study of Elizabeth Bishop's genius, as revealed through her literary friendships
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Paper 2001 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "Becoming a Poet" to Cart
16. Cover image for 'Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams'
Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams
Rachel Hadas
A varied and generous sampling of more than a decade's worth of prose by an important poet
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Paper 2000 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams" to Cart
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Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams
Rachel Hadas
A varied and generous sampling of more than a decade's worth of prose by an important poet
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Paper 2000 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams" to Cart
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17. Cover image for 'Dancing at the Devil's Party'
Dancing at the Devil's Party
Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic
Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Essays that explore the meaning of politics, love, and spiritual life in American poetry from Whitman to the present
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Dancing at the Devil's Party
Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic
Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Essays that explore the meaning of politics, love, and spiritual life in American poetry from Whitman to the present
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Paper 2000 $20.95 Available Add Paper for "Dancing at the Devil's Party" to Cart
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18. Cover image for 'Dear Munificent Friends'
Dear Munificent Friends
Henry James's Letters to Four Women
Susan E. Gunter, Editor
Previously unpublished letters that shed light on the personal side of Henry James, and on the times in which he lived and wrote
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19. Cover image for 'Virtual Gender'
Virtual Gender
Fantasies of Subjectivity and Embodiment
Mary Ann O'Farrell and Lynne Vallone, Editors
Explores notions of gender fantasy across time and culture, expanding the concept of virtuality to include people and events in history
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Hardcover 2000 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Virtual Gender" to Cart
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Virtual Gender
Fantasies of Subjectivity and Embodiment
Mary Ann O'Farrell and Lynne Vallone, Editors
Explores notions of gender fantasy across time and culture, expanding the concept of virtuality to include people and events in history
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20. Cover image for 'Robert Frost and Feminine Literary Tradition'
Robert Frost and Feminine Literary Tradition
Karen L. Kilcup
Uncovers heretofore overlooked influences and connections in the evolution of Frost's poetry
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Hardcover 1999 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Robert Frost and Feminine Literary Tradition" to Cart
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Truthtellers of the Times
Interviews with Contemporary Women Poets
Janet Palmer Mullaney, Editor
Frank and lively conversations with fifteen fascinating contemporary poets
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Paper 1999 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "Truthtellers of the Times" to Cart
Hardcover 1999 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Truthtellers of the Times" to Cart
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Truthtellers of the Times
Interviews with Contemporary Women Poets
Janet Palmer Mullaney, Editor
Frank and lively conversations with fifteen fascinating contemporary poets
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Paper 1999 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "Truthtellers of the Times" to Cart
Hardcover 1999 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Truthtellers of the Times" to Cart
22. Cover image for 'Avery Hopwood'
Avery Hopwood
His Life and Plays
Jack F. Sharrar
The biography of one of the foremost playwrights of the Jazz Age
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Hardcover 1998 $64.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Avery Hopwood" to Cart
23. Cover image for 'Made with Words'
Made with Words
May Swenson
Recovers poet May Swenson's fiction, criticism, and drama--and her correspondence with Elizabeth Bishop
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Hardcover 1998 $45.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Made with Words" to Cart
24. Cover image for 'The Body and Physical Difference'
The Body and Physical Difference
Discourses of Disability
David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder, Editors
Groundbreaking perspectives on disability in culture and the arts that shed light on notions of identity and social marginality
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Paper 1997 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "The Body and Physical Difference" to Cart
Hardcover 1997 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "The Body and Physical Difference" to Cart
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The Body and Physical Difference
Discourses of Disability
David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder, Editors
Groundbreaking perspectives on disability in culture and the arts that shed light on notions of identity and social marginality
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Paper 1997 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "The Body and Physical Difference" to Cart
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25. Cover image for 'Fashioning the Female Subject'
Fashioning the Female Subject
The Intertextual Networking of Dickinson, Moore, and Rich
Sabine Sielke
Exploring the interrelatedness of the poetry of three American women writers
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Hardcover 1997 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Fashioning the Female Subject" to Cart
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