The home plot : women, writing & domestic ritual

The home plot : women, writing & domestic ritual / Ann Romines.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romines, Ann, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1992.
Subjects:
Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States.
Home economics in literature.
Ritual in literature.
Home in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • False starts and false endings : Stowe, Jewett, realism, and housekeeping
  • The country of the pointed firs : claiming the Sibyl's text
  • Freeman's repetitions : the housekeeper and her plot
  • Willa Cather : repudiating home plots
  • Willa Cather and women's culture : "Now I know"
  • Welty's beginnings : housekeeping and the other way to live
  • Welty and the dynamo in the house : "Why keep it up, old woman?".

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