Description
Trade Review"With a sense of humor and style, and a smartness of her own, Keyser takes up the cause and the career of a 'smart' set of women writers who made a distinct mark on modern American culture." -- Maria DiBattista * author of Fast Talking Dames *
"Keyser's book is a pleasure to read not only because it is incisive and informative, but also because the writer's own wit is everywhere apparent. Her sparkling prose, wedding style, and critical acumen shows Keyser to be an accomplished student of the writers she studies."
* Clio *
"It is, academically speaking, a smart book."
* Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature *
"Keyser contributes invaluable insights into how women crafted professional and public identities in the pages of American periodicals at the turn of the twentieth century.
* Legacy: A Journal of American Woman Writers *
"With a sense of humor and style, and a smartness of her own, Keyser takes up the cause and the career of a 'smart' set of women writers who made a distinct mark on modern American culture." -- Maria DiBattista * author of Fast Talking Dames *
"Keyser's book is a pleasure to read not only because it is incisive and informative, but also because the writer's own wit is everywhere apparent. Her sparkling prose, wedding style, and critical acumen shows Keyser to be an accomplished student of the writers she studies."
* Clio *
"It is, academically speaking, a smart book."
* Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature *
"Keyser contributes invaluable insights into how women crafted professional and public identities in the pages of American periodicals at the turn of the twentieth century.
* Legacy: A Journal of American Woman Writers *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Thoroughly Modern Millay and Her Middlebrow Masquerades
2. "This Unfortunate Exterior": Dorothy Parker, the Female Body, and Strategic Doubling
3. "First Aid to Laughter": Jessie Fauset and the Racial Politics of Smartness
4. The Indestructible Glamour Girl: Dawn Powell, Celebrity, and Counterpublics
5. "Scratch a Socialist and You Find a Snob": Mary McCarthy, Irony, and Politics
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
