Wingless Flights

1996 • 204 sayfa • EN

Yazan Danny Miller

Surveys images of mountain women from the 1880s to the 1950s in the writings of authors including Mary Noailles Murfree, Edith Summers Kelley, James Still, and Harriette Arnow. Shows changes in descriptions of mountain women from non-native to native depictions, from romantic to realistic presentations, and from emphasis on victimization and drudgery to emphasis and strength and endurance. Includes a few bandw photos. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR