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Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

Creator:

Larsen, Haley A.

Abstract:

This thesis explores the electrified female subject in two novels, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905). As cultural touchstones, two literary works that prominently feature electricity -- Henry James' story "In the Cage" and Henry Adams' biography The Education of Henry Adams --...

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Masters Thesis

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Writing against convention : Kate Chopin's short fiction in Vogue, 1893-1900

Creator:

VanKooten, Crystal

Abstract:

Kate Chopin, author of the proto-feminist novel The Awakening, was also a prolific writer of short stories. Nineteen of her stories were originally published in Vogue magazine between 1893 and 1900. This study looks at six of these stories, "The Father of Desiree's Baby," "A Respectable Woman," "The Dream of...

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Masters Thesis