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Author | : Naomi Braun Rosenthal |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780791452059 |
Today, there are few traces of the spinster's existence - the options open to women have dramatically changed - but we continue to grapple with concerns about women's desires and "the future of the family.""--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Kate Bolick |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2015-04-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0385347146 |
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully considered, passionately lived life, weaving together the past and present to examine why she—along with over 100 million American women, whose ranks keep growing—remains unmarried. This unprecedented demographic shift, Bolick explains, is the logical outcome of hundreds of years of change that has neither been fully understood, nor appreciated. Spinster introduces a cast of pioneering women from the last century whose genius, tenacity, and flair for drama have emboldened Bolick to fashion her life on her own terms: columnist Neith Boyce, essayist Maeve Brennan, social visionary Charlotte Perkins Gilman, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, and novelist Edith Wharton. By animating their unconventional ideas and choices, Bolick shows us that contemporary debates about settling down, and having it all, are timeless—the crucible upon which all thoughtful women have tried for centuries to forge a good life. Intellectually substantial and deeply personal, Spinster is both an unreservedly inquisitive memoir and a broader cultural exploration that asks us to acknowledge the opportunities within ourselves to live authentically. Bolick offers us a way back into our own lives—a chance to see those splendid years when we were young and unencumbered, or middle-aged and finally left to our own devices, for what they really are: unbounded and our own to savor.
Author | : Daniel M. Lavery |
Publisher | : Holt Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2018-03-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250113423 |
From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, "The Merry Spinster" takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and the best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature has become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg's eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in this collection's unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface. Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night. Bed time will never be the same.
Author | : Myrtle Reed |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Courtship |
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Author | : Mary A. Fisher |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2022-03-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752577096 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
Author | : Mary Ann Fisher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : Single women |
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Author | : Rebecca Connolly |
Publisher | : Phase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2016-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781943048083 |
Behind every little secret... Mary Hamilton has had enough of being passed over by all of the eligible men in London, though she's had years and years of practice, and she's ready to give it up. But before she hangs up her dancing shoes for good, she wants one season of everything she's never had - invitations, flirtation, and suitors. But will all of that actually give her what she's always secretly wanted? ...there's another secret waiting... Geoffrey Harris is more than happy to spend his time being permanent escort to Mary during her final season in London. After all, she's been his best friend for years, and what better way to send her off than in grand style? But when her plan actually starts to work, he isn't so sure he wants any part of it, leaving him to wonder what it is he does want. Or who.
Author | : Julia Day |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1851 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2016-07-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1410359034 |
A Study Guide for Peter Taylor's "A Spinster's Tale," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
Author | : Naomi Braun Rosenthal |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0791489434 |
The spinster, once a ubiquitous figure in American popular culture, has all but vanished from the scene. Intrigued by the fact that her disappearance seems to have gone unnoticed, Naomi Braun Rosenthal traces the spinster's life and demise by using stories from the Ladies' Home Journal (from 1890, 1913, and 1933), along with Hollywood films from the 1940s and 1950s, such as It's a Wonderful Life; Now, Voyager; and Summertime, among others. Originally invoked as a symbol of female independence a hundred years ago, when marriage and career were considered to be incompatible choices for women, spinsterhood was advocated as an alternate path by some and viewed as a threat to family life by others. Today, there are few traces of the spinster's existence—the options open to women have dramatically changed—but we continue to grapple with concerns about women's desires and "the future of the family."