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  1. Turning the pages of American girlhood
    the evolution of girls' series fiction, 1865 - 1930
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

    "Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change. The book adds to the existing... more

    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2014 A 1667
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change. The book adds to the existing scholarship on girls' culture by tracing the shifting social ideologies of girlhood throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries"--Provided by publisher

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780786463220
    RVK Categories: HR 1822
    Subjects: Children's stories, American; Girls in literature; Girls; Girls; Children's literature in series; Serialized fiction; American fiction; American fiction
    Scope: x, 254 p, 23 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index

    Learning to be an angel: religion and reading for nineteenth-century American girlsAngels in the house: Christian womanhood and community power in postbellum girls' series -- A revolution in series production: Edward Stratemeyer and the commodification of series books -- Communities of friends: series heroines as consumers, 1901-1930 -- two miles forward, one mile back: gender battles -- During the Great War -- Running the gamut and the gauntlet: World War I -- Series as a catalyst for change in the cultural landscape of American girlhood -- Taking advantage of new markets: Ruth Fielding as a motion picture screenwriter, producer, and executive -- Conclusion: Nancy Drew and a new era -- Appendix: Series books in order of publication.

    Learning to be an angel: religion and reading for nineteenth-century American girls -- Angels in the house: Christian womanhood and community power in postbellum girls' series -- A revolution in series production: Edward Stratemeyer and the commodification of series books -- Communities of friends: series heroines as consumers, 1901-1930 -- two miles forward, one mile back: gender battles -- During the Great War -- Running the gamut and the gauntlet: World War I -- Series as a catalyst for change in the cultural landscape of American girlhood -- Taking advantage of new markets: Ruth Fielding as a motion picture screenwriter, producer, and executive -- Conclusion: Nancy Drew and a new era -- Appendix: Series books in order of publication.

  2. Transnationalism and American serial fiction
    Contributor: Okker, Patricia (Publisher); Bjork, Ulf Jonas (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York, NY [u.a.]

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    Contributor: Okker, Patricia (Publisher); Bjork, Ulf Jonas (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780415744157; 9780415888868
    RVK Categories: AP 23283 ; HR 1829
    Edition: 1. issued in paperback
    Series: Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 16
    Subjects: Serialized fiction; American fiction; American fiction; American fiction; Transnationalism in literature; Minorities in literature
    Scope: VI, 255 S., Ill., 23 cm
  3. Turning the pages of American girlhood
    the evolution of girls' series fiction, 1865 - 1930
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

    "Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change. The book adds to the existing... more

    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2014 A 1667
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Brechtbau-Bibliothek
    PC 647.042
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change. The book adds to the existing scholarship on girls' culture by tracing the shifting social ideologies of girlhood throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries"--Provided by publisher

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780786463220
    RVK Categories: HR 1822
    Subjects: Children's stories, American; Girls in literature; Girls; Girls; Children's literature in series; Serialized fiction; American fiction; American fiction
    Scope: X, 254 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Learning to be an angel: religion and reading for nineteenth-century American girlsAngels in the house: Christian womanhood and community power in postbellum girls' series -- A revolution in series production: Edward Stratemeyer and the commodification of series books -- Communities of friends: series heroines as consumers, 1901-1930 -- two miles forward, one mile back: gender battles -- During the Great War -- Running the gamut and the gauntlet: World War I -- Series as a catalyst for change in the cultural landscape of American girlhood -- Taking advantage of new markets: Ruth Fielding as a motion picture screenwriter, producer, and executive -- Conclusion: Nancy Drew and a new era -- Appendix: Series books in order of publication.

    Learning to be an angel: religion and reading for nineteenth-century American girls -- Angels in the house: Christian womanhood and community power in postbellum girls' series -- A revolution in series production: Edward Stratemeyer and the commodification of series books -- Communities of friends: series heroines as consumers, 1901-1930 -- two miles forward, one mile back: gender battles -- During the Great War -- Running the gamut and the gauntlet: World War I -- Series as a catalyst for change in the cultural landscape of American girlhood -- Taking advantage of new markets: Ruth Fielding as a motion picture screenwriter, producer, and executive -- Conclusion: Nancy Drew and a new era -- Appendix: Series books in order of publication.

  4. Turning the pages of American girlhood
    the evolution of girls' series fiction, 1865-1930
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, N.C

    "Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change. The book adds to the existing... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    "Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change. The book adds to the existing scholarship on girls' culture by tracing the shifting social ideologies of girlhood throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries"--Provided by publisher

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780786463220
    Subjects: Girls; Children's literature in series; Serialized fiction; American fiction; American fiction; Girls in literature; Girls; Children's stories, American
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 254 p)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. Learning to Be an Angel: Religion and Reading for Nineteenth-Century American Girls; Two. Angels in the House: Christian Womanhood and Community Power in Postbellum Girls' Series; Three. A Revolution in Series Production: Edward Stratemeyer and the Commodification of Series Books; Four. Communities of Friends: Series Heroines as Consumers, 1901-1930; Five. Two Miles Forward, One Mile Back: Gender Battles During the Great War

    Six. Running the Gamut and the Gauntlet: World War I Series Fiction as a Catalyst for Change in the Cultural Landscape of American GirlhoodSeven. Taking Advantage of New Markets: Ruth Fielding as a Motion Picture Screenwriter, Producer, and Executive; Conclusion: Nancy Drew and a New Era; Appendix: Series Books in Order of Publication; Bibliography; Index

    Learning to be an angel: religion and reading for nineteenth-century American girls -- Angels in the house: Christian womanhood and community power in postbellum girls' series -- A revolution in series production: Edward Stratemeyer and the commodification of series books -- Communities of friends: series heroines as consumers, 1901-1930 -- two miles forward, one mile back: gender battles -- During the Great War -- Running the gamut and the gauntlet: World War I -- Series as a catalyst for change in the cultural landscape of American girlhood -- Taking advantage of new markets: Ruth Fielding as a motion picture screenwriter, producer, and executive -- Conclusion: Nancy Drew and a new era -- Appendix: Series books in order of publication.