A Web of Relationship: Women in the Short Fiction of Mary Wilkins Freeman

by Mary R. Reichardt

Book Overview

Although a prolific and popular writer in her day, Mary Wilkins Freeman has only recently been rediscovered and reevaluated as a realistic recorder of the status and sensibility of the New England woman in the early years of this century.

Women form the backbone of her stories. Within a framework tightly controlled by patriarchal and religious tradition, Freeman's women strive for an understanding of the roles assigned to them. Through their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604730226
• ISBN13: 9781604730227
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"