Girls in Bloom: coming of age in the mid 20th century women's novel

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Around 1940, with the rise of the teenager in America, there was a rise in the female coming of age novel, a genre started by Jane Eyre but then largely forgotten. For the next twenty years or so the genre became very popular, including both novels written for teenagers and novels written primarily for adults. Francis Booth's monumental survey includes extended chapters on Shirley Jackson, Carson McCullers, Maude Hutchins, Rosamond Lehmann, and Rosamond...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1731170661

ISBN13:9781731170668

Release Date:March 2019

Publisher:Independently Published

Length:354 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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