The Resource Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas
Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas
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The item Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- In the early 1920s, Fannie Hurst's enormous popularity made her the highest-paid writer in America. She conquered the literary scene at the same time the silent movie industry began to emerge as a tremendously profitable and popular form of entertainment. Abe C. Ravitz parallels Hurst's growing acclaim with the evolution of silent films, from which she borrowed ideas and techniques that furthered her career. Ravitz notes that Hurst was amazingly adept at anticipating what the public wanted. Sensing that the national interest was shifting from rural to urban subjects, Hurst set her
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Ackowledgments; 1. Woman in the Big Town: Career and Life; 2. Recognition and Acclaim: Gaslight Sonatas; 3. Cinematic Visualization: The Novel; 4. Fashionable Shapes: Social Rhapsodies of the 1920s; 5. The Triumph of Industry: Women in Love; Notes; Selected Short Stories of Fannie Hurst Published Before 1933; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
- Isbn
- 9780809386635
- Label
- Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas
- Title
- Imitations of Life
- Title remainder
- Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- History
- History
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
- United States
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the early 1920s, Fannie Hurst's enormous popularity made her the highest-paid writer in America. She conquered the literary scene at the same time the silent movie industry began to emerge as a tremendously profitable and popular form of entertainment. Abe C. Ravitz parallels Hurst's growing acclaim with the evolution of silent films, from which she borrowed ideas and techniques that furthered her career. Ravitz notes that Hurst was amazingly adept at anticipating what the public wanted. Sensing that the national interest was shifting from rural to urban subjects, Hurst set her
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ravitz, Abe C
- Dewey number
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- 813.52
- 813/.52
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3515.U785 Z86 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hurst, Fannie
- Women and literature
- Hurst, Fannie
- Women and literature
- United States
- Label
- Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Ackowledgments; 1. Woman in the Big Town: Career and Life; 2. Recognition and Acclaim: Gaslight Sonatas; 3. Cinematic Visualization: The Novel; 4. Fashionable Shapes: Social Rhapsodies of the 1920s; 5. The Triumph of Industry: Women in Love; Notes; Selected Short Stories of Fannie Hurst Published Before 1933; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
- Control code
- 856870259
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780809386635
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)856870259
- Label
- Imitations of Life : Fannie Hurst's Gaslight Sonatas
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Ackowledgments; 1. Woman in the Big Town: Career and Life; 2. Recognition and Acclaim: Gaslight Sonatas; 3. Cinematic Visualization: The Novel; 4. Fashionable Shapes: Social Rhapsodies of the 1920s; 5. The Triumph of Industry: Women in Love; Notes; Selected Short Stories of Fannie Hurst Published Before 1933; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
- Control code
- 856870259
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780809386635
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)856870259
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- History
- History
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
- United States
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
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