Her America A Jury of Her Peers and Other Stories |
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| Author:
| Glaspell, Susan |
| Editor:
| Bryan, Patricia L.
Carpentier, Martha C. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58729-864-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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One of the preeminent authors of the early twentieth century, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) produced fourteen ground-breaking plays, nine novels, and more than fifty short stories. Her work was popular and critically acclaimed during her lifetime, with her novels appearing on best-seller lists and her stories published in major magazines and in The Best American Short Stories. Many of her short works display her remarkable abilities as a humorist, satirizing cultural...
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One of the preeminent authors of the early twentieth century, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) produced fourteen ground-breaking plays, nine novels, and more than fifty short stories. Her work was popular and critically acclaimed during her lifetime, with her novels appearing on best-seller lists and her stories published in major magazines and in The Best American Short Stories. Many of her short works display her remarkable abilities as a humorist, satirizing cultural conventions and the narrowness of small-town life. And yet they also evoke serious questions--relevant as much today as during Glaspell's lifetime--about society's values and priorities and about the individual search for self-fulfillment. While the classic "A Jury of Her Peers" has been widely anthologized in the last several decades, the other stories Glaspell wrote between 1915 and 1925 have not been available since their original appearance. This new collection reprints "A Jury of Her Peers"--restoring its original ending--and brings to light eleven other outstanding stories, offering modern readers the chance to appreciate the full range of Glaspell's literary skills.