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British and American school stories, 1910-1960 :

3030059863

9783030059866

3030059855

9783030059859

British and American school stories, 1910-1960 :

[Book]

fiction, femininity, and friendship /

Nancy G. Rosoff, Stephanie Spencer.

Cham, Switzerland :

Palgrave Macmillan US,

[2019]

1 online resource (265 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; The School and College Story; The Novels; The Authors; Jessie Graham Flower and Pauline Lester, Pseudonyms of Josephine Chase (1883-1931); Alice Ross Colver (1892-1988); Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885-1970); Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894 -1969); Themes: Fiction, Femininity, and Friendship; Fiction; Femininity; Friendship; Structure of the Book; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 2: School Stories: A Transnational Perspective; Introduction; The School Story in Britain and the United States

Chapter 5: DomesticityIntroduction; Learning Domesticity in Britain and the United States; Managers, Matrons, and Maids; Domestic Education; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 6: Authority; Introduction; Authoritative Women in Britain and the United States; Headmistresses and Principals; Teachers and Prefects; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 7: Possibility; Introduction; Future Possibilities in Britain and the United States; Higher Education and the World of Work; Following in Mother's Footsteps: Love and Marriage

ConclusionBibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Introduction; A Transnational Approach; Fiction; Femininity; Friendship; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index

Toward a Transnational Reading of School StoriesConclusion: Transnational Fiction, Femininity, and Friendship; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 3: Sociability; Introduction; Education for Girls in Britain and the United States, 1910-1960; Learning the Rules; Team Spirit; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 4: Responsibility; Introduction; Citizenship in Britain and the United States; Learning to Be Good Citizens within Their Community; Citizenship and the Wider Community; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources

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This book examines school and college fiction for girls in Britain and the United States, written in the first half of the twentieth century, to explore the formation and ideologies of feminine identity. Nancy G. Rosoff and Stephanie Spencer develop a transnational framework that recognises how both constructed and essential femininities transcend national boundaries. The book discusses the significance and performance of female friendship across time and place, which is central to the development of the genre, and how it functioned as an important means of informal education. Stories by Jessie Graham Flower, Pauline Lester, Alice Ross Colver, Elinor Brent-Dyer, and Dorita Fairlie Bruce are set within their historical context and then used to explore aspects of sociability, authority, responsibility, domesticity, and possibility. The distinctiveness of this book stems from the historical analysis of these sources, which have so far primarily been treated by literary scholars within their national context.

Springer Nature

com.springer.onix.9783030059866

British and American School Stories, 1910-1960 : Fiction, Femininity, and Friendship.

9783030059859

American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.

Education in literature.

English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.

Girls in literature.

Teenage girls in literature.

American fiction.

Education in literature.

English fiction.

Girls in literature.

Teenage girls in literature.

Rosoff, Nancy G.

Spencer, Stephanie,1952-

20200823082042.0

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