Keyser, Catherine, 1980-

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.


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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.


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