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Constructing the Little House : Gender, Culture, and Laura Ingalls Wilder by Ann Romines (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
ISBN-101558491228
ISBN-139781558491229
eBay Product ID (ePID)587650
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameConstructing the Little House : Gender, Culture, and Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publication Year1997
SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Women Authors, Children's & Young Adult Literature, General, Literary, American / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnn Romines
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-014675
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"A major contribution not merely to feminist studies, nor even to studies in American fiction, but more generally to our understanding of American culture."--Cynthia Griffin Wolff, author of A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton"Romines has achieved an extraordinary tone in this book. On the one hand, it is framed by passages that are unashamedly autobiographical. On the other, it is decidedly a work of contemporary literary scholarship, a reading of an extremely popular set of children's books by an English professor versed in the latest work in her field. . . . I read it with much pleasure and learned a great deal from it."--Susan Strasser, author of Never Done: A Histroy of American Housework"Sets a new standard for studies of Wilder, of children's literature, of nineteenth-century women's popular literature, and of women's roles in the ninettenth century, especially on the American frontier, and affirms Romines's important place as a critic of all these concerns. . . . Readers have been waiting for this work--even if they didn't know Romines was working on it."--Diane Quantic, author of The Nature of the Place: A Study of Great Plains Fiction, "A major contribution not merely to feminist studies, nor even to studies in American fiction, but more generally to our understanding of American culture."--Cynthia Griffin Wolff, author of A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton "Romines has achieved an extraordinary tone in this book. On the one hand, it is framed by passages that are unashamedly autobiographical. On the other, it is decidedly a work of contemporary literary scholarship, a reading of an extremely popular set of children's books by an English professor versed in the latest work in her field. . . . I read it with much pleasure and learned a great deal from it."--Susan Strasser, author of Never Done: A Histroy of American Housework "Sets a new standard for studies of Wilder, of children's literature, of nineteenth-century women's popular literature, and of women's roles in the ninettenth century, especially on the American frontier, and affirms Romines's important place as a critic of all these concerns. . . . Readers have been waiting for this work--even if they didn't know Romines was working on it."--Diane Quantic, author of The Nature of the Place: A Study of Great Plains Fiction
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.52
SynopsisWith more than thirty-five million copies in print, the Little House series, written in the 1930s and 1940s by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, has been a spectacular commercial success. What is it about this eight-volume serial novel for children that accounts for its enduring power? And what does the popularity of these books tell us about the currents of American culture?Ann Romines interweaves personal observation with scholarly analysis to address these questions. Writing from a feminist perspective and drawing on resources of gender studies, cultural studies, and new historicist reading, she examines both the content of the novels and the process of their creation. She explores the relationship between mother and daughter working as collaborative authors and calls into question our assumptions about plot, juvenile fiction, and constructions of gender on the nineteenth-century frontier and in the Depression years when the Little House books were written. This is a book that will appeal both to scholars and to general readers who might welcome an engaging and accessible companion volume to the Little House novels., With more than thirty-five million copies in print, the Little House series, written in the 1930s and 1940s by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, has been a spectacular commercial success. What is it about this eight-volume serial novel for children that accounts for its enduring power? And what does the popularity of these books tell us about the currents of American culture? Ann Romines interweaves personal observation with scholarly analysis to address these questions. Writing from a feminist perspective and drawing on resources of gender studies, cultural studies, and new historicist reading, she examines both the content of the novels and the process of their creation. She explores the relationship between mother and daughter working as collaborative authors and calls into question our assumptions about plot, juvenile fiction, and constructions of gender on the nineteenth-century frontier and in the Depression years when the Little House books were written. This is a book that will appeal both to scholars and to general readers who might welcome an engaging and accessible companion volume to the Little House novels., Writing from a feminist perspective, the author examines what is it about the ""Little House Series"" that accounts for its enduring commercial success. It examines both the content of the novels, the process of their creation, and what it demonstrates about the current trends of American culture.
LC Classification NumberPS3545.I342Z83 1997
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Very happy with this book. I'm glad I got it. Nice spin on the Little House stories.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
