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Women and the popular imagination in the twenties : flappers and nymphs

Title
Women and the popular imagination in the twenties : flappers and nymphs / Billie Melman.
Author
Melman, Billie
Publication
  • New York : St. Martin's Press, 1988.
  • ©1988

Details

Description
x, 196 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism
  • Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Best sellers > Great Britain > Bibliography
  • Women > Books and reading > Great Britain
  • Sex in literature
  • Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
  • Femmes dans la littérature
  • Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne
  • Paralittérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique
  • Best-sellers > Grande-Bretagne
  • Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Livres et lecture
  • Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • Sexualité dans la littérature
  • Femmes > Dans la littérature
  • Littérature populaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique
  • Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle
  • Literatur
  • Frau
  • Geschichte (1918-1928)
  • Best sellers
  • Books and reading
  • English fiction
  • Popular literature
  • Women and literature
  • Women > Books and reading
  • Englisch
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • Bibliographies.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-187) and index.
Contents
Introduction: 1918-28, Contexts and texts -- "The idiom that the general public posssesses". The superfluous woman, the flapper, the disfranchised female and the Rothermere Press -- 'Furtive excitement': the discourse in best-sellers. 'Sex novels': a new kind of best-seller -- 1921: If Winter Comes - a 'masculine' novel -- 1924: The Green Hat -- 1924: Annus Mirabilis: The Constant Nymph -- 1919-28: 'The Sheik of Araby' - freedom in captivity in the desert romance -- Realistic fantasies: the world of the story papers. Class and gender: The 'girls' weeklies' -- 'A lass of Lancashire': the mill girl as emblem of working-glass virtues -- The emigrant: romance and the empire -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0312007442
  • 9780312007447
LCCN
87004652
OCLC
15284911
Author
Melman, Billie, author.
Title
Women and the popular imagination in the twenties : flappers and nymphs / Billie Melman.
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1988.
Copyright Date
©1988
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-187) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
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