Title The rise of American girls' literature / Ashley N. Reese

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture. Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- The Rise of American Girls' Literature -- Contents -- 1 The Rise of Girls' Literature -- 1.1 Defining American Girls' Literature -- 1.2 Corpus Novels -- 2 "Thus Shall the Star of Domestic Peace Arise": Early American Women's Literature -- 2.1 Improving Motherhood -- 2.2 Flawed and Flawless Heroines -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3 "Toward that Larger and Less Happy Region of Womanhood": Family Stories -- 3.1 Mothers -- 3.2 Fathers -- 4 "The Joys of Being an Orphan": Orphan Girls' Stories -- 4.1 Orphans who Influence Change -- 4.2 Orphans who Change 5 "Vassar Graduates Do Marry": School Stories -- 5.1 Green Space of Boarding School and College -- 5.3 Marriage or Career? -- 6 "This is What Our Race Needs": African American Girls' Literature -- 6.1 The Cult of Domesticity -- 6.2 A Reimagined Femininity -- 6.3 The Brownies' Book -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments Summary This Element looks at the publishing history of the genre, girls' literature, in the United States spanning 1850-1940. The genre is set in context, beginning with an examination of the early American women's literature that preceded girls' literature. Then the Element explores several sub-genres of girls' literature, the family story, orphan story, school story, as well as African American girls' literature. Underpinning each of these stories is the bildungsroman, which overwhelmingly ends with girls 'growing down' to marry and raise children, following the ideals outlined in the cult of domesticity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 17, 2021) Subject Children's stories, American -- History and criticism -- 19th century Children's stories, American -- History and criticism -- 20th century Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Children's stories, American Women and literature United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108942546 1108942547

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