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dc.contributor.advisorTarver, Australia
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Janene Gabrielle Burnumen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-11T15:10:30Z
dc.date.available2019-10-11T15:10:30Z
dc.date.created1999en_US
dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.identifieraleph-822236en_US
dc.identifierMicrofilm Diss. 746.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/32721
dc.description.abstractThe rationale for the comparative pairing and study of these two writers and their works has to do, first, with their relationship to the social and historical changes within which they were writing, and second, with their shared points of view, focus, and subject matter in writing. Both authors wrote in response to a number of topics that fall under the larger motif of women's identity formation. Their narratives invite a feminist reading of class themes, one that re-invisions the portrayal of female identity, both black and white, as a form of resistance. Both authors recognize that racism and sexism are not separate struggles because the prejudice their characters encounter directly relates to the roles women are allowed to play and the identities they are allowed to assume. Thus, Alcott and Fauset share a narrative intention to promote equality between the sexes and among the races and classes. Moreover, both are writing in the midst of ideological, economic, and political changes in American life and culture brought on by historical transition. Both experienced complex responses to this changing American culture, which they demonstrate by embracing urgent contemporary issues in their fiction.
dc.format.extentiii, 217 leavesen_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Printen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTexas Christian University dissertationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAS38.L493en_US
dc.subject.lcshAlcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888en_US
dc.subject.lcshFauset, Jessie Redmonen_US
dc.subject.lcshAmerican literature--19th century--History and criticismen_US
dc.subject.lcshAmerican literature--20th century--History and criticismen_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial history in literatureen_US
dc.titleComing to terms with identity: social commentary on race, gender, and work in the domestic fiction of Louisa May Alcott and Jessie Redmon Fauseten_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentDepartment of English
etd.degree.levelDoctoral
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.departmentEnglish
local.academicunitDepartment of English
dc.type.genreDissertation
local.subjectareaEnglish
dc.identifier.callnumberMain Stacks: AS38 .L493 (Regular Loan)
dc.identifier.callnumberSpecial Collections: AS38 .L493 (Non-Circulating)
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
etd.degree.grantorTexas Christian University


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