Edna Ferber | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 13 pages of analysis & critique of Edna Ferber.
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Edna Ferber | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 13 pages of analysis & critique of Edna Ferber.
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SOURCE: "Go-Getters," in The School of Femininity, Kennikat Press, 1966, pp. 183-209.

In the following excerpt from a book originally published in 1936, Lawrence focuses on the role of women in Ferber's writings, discussing the historical context in which Ferber's work first appeared and noting how she reflected and promoted women's new status in society.

Behind the war generation and the post-war youth lay long centuries of feminine silence and economic helplessness. The ghost of it still haunted the race. Emancipation was so recent, it was confusing. The ghost appeared in the confusion. When the emotionalism of the war faded, and the excitement of the new emancipation gave way before the necessity of making some program for women, a very real problem came up. There was a generation of women left over from the war. When the war casualties were counted, and the war-wrecked men were admittedly of terrifying numbers...

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