Grotesque relations modernist domestic fiction and the U.S. welfare state - Edmunds, Susan, 1961-; ebrary, Inc. (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008)
Introduction: "As with a startling picture" : modernism and the domestic sphere -- "For she asks forever only help" : the critique of maternalist reform discourse in Djuna Barnes's Ryder -- Tortured bodies and twisted words : the antidomestic vision of Jean Toomer's Cane -- Freaked : eastern European immigration and the "American home" in Edna Ferber's American beauty -- "Not sentimental" : the double bind of white working-class femininity in Tillie Olsen's Yonnondio -- Siren calls : consumer revolution and the body beautiful in Nathanael West's The day of the locust -- "Not charity yet!" : state-supported capitalism and the secret life of god in Flannery O'Connor's Wise blood.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-251) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Modernism (Literature) -- United States; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Public welfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Grotesque in literature; Welfare state in literature; Electronic books