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At the turn of the century, short stories by - and often about - ”New Women” flooded the pages English and American magazines. This daring new fiction shocked Victorian critics, who denounced the authors as “literary degenerates” or “erotomaniacs”. This collection brings together twenty of the most original and important stories from this period.

Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsIntroduction'An Egyptian Cigarette' 'Theodora: A Fragment' 'Suggestion' 'A Cross Line' 'She-Notes' 'By Accident' 'The Buddhist Priest's Wife' 'The Yellow Wallpaper' 'A White Night' 'The Fifth Edition' 'Miss Grief' 'Lady Tal' 'The Undefinable: A Fantasia' 'The Muse's Tragedy' 'Emancipation: A Life Fable' 'Three Dreams in a Desert' 'Life's Gifts' 'The Valley of Childish Things' Biographical Notes

Daughters of Decadence Women Writers of the Fin

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/1993
      ISBN13: 9780813520186, 978-0813520186
      ISBN10: 0813520185
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At the turn of the century, short stories by - and often about - ”New Women” flooded the pages English and American magazines. This daring new fiction shocked Victorian critics, who denounced the authors as “literary degenerates” or “erotomaniacs”. This collection brings together twenty of the most original and important stories from this period.

      Table of Contents
      AcknowledgementsIntroduction'An Egyptian Cigarette' 'Theodora: A Fragment' 'Suggestion' 'A Cross Line' 'She-Notes' 'By Accident' 'The Buddhist Priest's Wife' 'The Yellow Wallpaper' 'A White Night' 'The Fifth Edition' 'Miss Grief' 'Lady Tal' 'The Undefinable: A Fantasia' 'The Muse's Tragedy' 'Emancipation: A Life Fable' 'Three Dreams in a Desert' 'Life's Gifts' 'The Valley of Childish Things' Biographical Notes

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