Resisting Regionalism: Gender and Naturalism in American Fiction, 1885-1915

by Donna Campbell

Book Overview

When James Lane Allen defined the "Feminine Principle" and the "Masculine Principle" in American fiction for the Atlantic Monthly in 1897, he in effect described local color fiction and naturalism, two branches of realism often regarded as bearing little relationship to each other. In this award-winning study of both movements, Resisting Regionalism explores the effect the cultural dominance of women's local color fiction in the 1890's had on young...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821411772
• ISBN13: 9780821411773
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"