Playing smart [electronic resource] : New York women writers and modern magazine culture / Catherine Keyser.
2010
PS151 .K49 2010eb
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Playing smart [electronic resource] : New York women writers and modern magazine culture / Catherine Keyser.
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9780813547862 (hardcover alk. paper)
0813547865 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780813551784
9780813551111 (e-book)
0813547865 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780813551784
9780813551111 (e-book)
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
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English
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xii, 225 p.
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PS151 .K49 2010eb
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810.9/9287
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Thoroughly modern Millay and her middlebrow masquerades
"This unfortunate exterior": Dorothy Parker, the female body, and strategic doubling
"First aid to laughter": Jessie Fauset and the racial politics of smartness
The indestructible glamour girl: Dawn Powell, celebrity, and counterpublics
"Scratch a socialist and you find a snob": Mary McCarthy, irony, and politics
Conclusion.
Thoroughly modern Millay and her middlebrow masquerades
"This unfortunate exterior": Dorothy Parker, the female body, and strategic doubling
"First aid to laughter": Jessie Fauset and the racial politics of smartness
The indestructible glamour girl: Dawn Powell, celebrity, and counterpublics
"Scratch a socialist and you find a snob": Mary McCarthy, irony, and politics
Conclusion.