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Author White, Barbara A., 1942-

Title Growing up female : adolescent girlhood in American fiction / Barbara A. White.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  813.509 W582G    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 260 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 59
Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 59.
Contents Introduction to the American novel of adolescence -- The girl protagonist before 1920 -- On the threshold : Edith Wharton's summer -- Nice girls and their folks : the adolescent and the family in Ruth Suckow's fiction -- Loss of self in Carson McCullers' The member of the wedding -- Initiation in Jean Stafford's the mountain lion -- The adolescent heroine and 'God's plan for girls' -- The new girls.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [227]-247.
Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Girls in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
ISBN 0313248265 library binding
0313250650 paperback
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