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Susan Glaspell's Century of American Women This page intentionally left blank SUSAN GLASPELL'S CENTURY OF AMERICAN WOMEN A Critical Interpretation of Her Work VERONICA MAKOWSKY New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1993 Oxford University Press Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland Madrid and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 1993 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Makowsky, Veronica A. Susan Glaspell's century of American women : a critical interpretation of her work / Veronica Makowsky. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-19-507866-7 (alk. paper) 1. Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948-Characters-Women. 2. Women and literature —United States —History —20th century. 3. Heroines in literature. I. Title. PS3513.L35Z75 1993 818'.5209-dc20 92-23329 135798642 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Joshua Jeffrey Gross who provided the inspiration This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments I would like to thank Macmillan Publishing Company for allowing me to reprint the portion of Chapter 2 that appeared in their Scrib- ner's Modern American Women Writers. I am grateful for a sum- mer of research support from Louisiana State University. Karen Law, Mercedes Schneider, and Sigrid King have my admiration and gratitude as ideal research assistants. This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction: The Hydra Heads of Obscurity, 3 1. American Girl Becomes American Woman: A Fortunate Fall? 12 2. The Glory of the Conquered: Cultural Confusions and Apprentice Fiction, 29 3. "Fidelity" to the Future through "Visioning," 44 4. Passive Resistance to Active Rebellion: From Trifles to The Verge, 59 5. Whose Life Is It Anyway? The Road to the Temple, 83 6. Ghostly Revenants and Symbolic Sons: Fugitives Return, 101 7. Symbolic Fathers and the Revenge of the Dutiful Daughters, 117 8. Older, Wiser, and Sadder: Glaspell's Female Reifungsromane, 133 Notes, 147 Index, 163
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