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  1. New York City, "gilt cage" or "promised land"?
    representations of urban space in Edith Wharton and Anzia Yezierska
    Autor*in: Sauter, Irene Billeter
    Erschienen: c2011
    Verlag:  Peter Lang, New York

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    Sprache: Englisch
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783034305815; 9783035101973
    Schlagworte: Cities and towns in literature; Public spaces in literature; New York <NY, Motiv>
    Weitere Schlagworte: Wharton, Edith (1862-1937); Yezierska, Anzia (1880?-1970); Yezierska, Anzia (ca. 1880-1970); Wharton, Edith (1862-1937)
    Umfang: 299 p.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. New York City
    Representations of Urban Space in Edith Wharton and Anzia Yezierska
    Autor*in: Billeter Sauter, Irene
    Erschienen: 2011
    Verlag:  Lang, Peter, AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Bern

    New York City plays a significant, albeit previously neglected, role in the urban narratives of Edith Wharton and Anzia Yezierska at a time when the city was as new and central to the American experience as had been the Western frontier. New York... mehr

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    New York City plays a significant, albeit previously neglected, role in the urban narratives of Edith Wharton and Anzia Yezierska at a time when the city was as new and central to the American experience as had been the Western frontier. New York City was the epicenter of the late 19th and early 20th century world at large; its constantly shifting landscape caused by urbanization, industrialization, women's emancipation, and immigration found its representation in the extremes of the urban spectrum on Fifth Avenue and the Lower East Side. Narrating the domestic sphere from widely diverging van

     
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    Contents; Illustrations - 7; Preface - 11; Acknowledgments - 13; List of Abbreviations - 15; 1. Introduction - 17; 2. Cityscape in Edith Wharton's and Anzia Yezierska'sFictional New York - 31; 2.1. The Geography of City Space - 35; 2.2. The City, Viewed from Without - 45; 2.3. Up on the Roof or Looking Down on the City - 79; 2.4. City Streets - 85; 2.5. The City Crowd - 109; 2.6. Pavement, Gutter, and Below Street Level - 119; 3. New York City Interiors inEdith Wharton and Anzia Yezierska - 127; 3.1. Versions of the Home:Tenements, Apartments, Estates, and Hotels - 131; 3.2. Opera Boxes - 165

    3.3. Mirrors - 1773.4. Libraries - 197; 3.5. Kitchens - 223; 4. Conclusion: "Gilt Cage" or "Promised Land":Resignation and Hope in the City - 235; 5. Appendix:A Brief History of New York City until 1900 - 255; 5.1. Earliest Evidence: 1524-1621 - 255; 5.2. The First Deal: Indian Real Estate for Dutch Money:1621-1664 - 256; 5.3. New Amsterdam Becomes New York Under British Rule:1664-1783 - 258; 5.4. Commerce Rules: 1783-1843 - 262; 5.5. Manufacturing Takes Over, Immigration Takes Off:1844-1879 - 268; 5.6. Corporate New York City: 1880-1900 - 278; Bibliography - 283; 1. Primary Literature - 283

    2. Secondary Literature - 2842.1. Critical Literature on Edith Wharton - 284; 2.2. Critical Literature on Anzia Yezierska - 286; 2.3. New York City: History, Social History,Architecture, and Literature - 288; 2.4. Other Reference Works and Literature Consulted - 291; Index - 297;