Cathryn Halverson reclaims a trio of female memoirists whose works tell us a great deal about the emergence of women's writing in the early twentieth century, the conception of the West, and the role of autobiography as literature that can reveal a time and a place. In this telling study of the autobiographies of Mary MacLane, Opal Whiteley, and Juanita Harrison, Halverson finds a western experience that could prove more confining than liberating for the female pioneer, and her disaffected cowgirls put a whole new spin on the notion of heading out for the territories.
| ISBN: | 9780299197209 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2004 |
| Author: | Cathryn Halverson |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Series: | Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general |
Cathryn Halverson reclaims a trio of female memoirists whose works tell us a great deal about the emergence of women's writing in the early twentieth century, the conception of the West, and the role of autobiography as literature that can reveal a time and a place. In this telling study of the autobiographies of Mary MacLane, Opal Whiteley, and Juanita Harrison, Halverson finds a western experience that could prove more confining than liberating for the female pioneer, and her disaffected cowgirls put a whole new spin on the notion of heading out for the territories.
Maverick Autobiographies features in the following genres: Literary studies: general
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Maverick Autobiographies was written by Cathryn Halverson and published by The University of Wisconsin Press
Maverick Autobiographies has 230 pages
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