Playing smart New York women writers and modern magazine culture / [electronic resource] :
Catherine Keyser.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
- xii, 225 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Thoroughly modern Millay and her middlebrow masquerades -- "This unfortunate exterior": Dorothy Parker, the female body, and strategic doubling -- "First aid to laughter": Jessie Fauset and the racial politics of smartness -- The indestructible glamour girl: Dawn Powell, celebrity, and counterpublics -- "Scratch a socialist and you find a snob": Mary McCarthy, irony, and politics -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism. American literature--History and criticism.--20th century Journalism and literature--History--United States--20th century. American periodicals--History--20th century. Literature and society--History--United States--20th century. Modernism (Literature)--United States.