Background
Hapke, Laura was born on January 4, 1946 in New York City.
( The period 1885 to 1917 saw thousands of American crusa...)
The period 1885 to 1917 saw thousands of American crusaders working hard to “save the fallen women,” but little on the part of American social protest writers. In this first work on the subject, Laura Hapke examines how writers attempted to turn an outcast into a heroine in a literature otherwise known for its puritanical attitude toward the fallen woman. She focuses on how these authors (all male) expressed late-Victorian conflicts about female sexuality. If, as they all maintained, women have an innate preference for chastity, how could they account for the prostitute? Was she a sinner, suggesting the potential waywardness of all women? Or, if she was a victim, what of her “depravity”?
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(This text argues that working women, from industrial wage...)
This text argues that working women, from industrial wage earners to business professionals, were the literary and cultural scapegoats of the 1930s. It examines a central conflict of the time: whether to include women in the workforce or relegate them to a literal or figurative home sphere.
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Hapke, Laura was born on January 4, 1946 in New York City.
Master of Arts in English, University of Chicago, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in English, CUNY, 1974.
Consultant and reprints editor, Belles Lettres, 1986-1990; Professor of English, Pace U., New York City, since 1990.
( The period 1885 to 1917 saw thousands of American crusa...)
(This text argues that working women, from industrial wage...)
(Book by Hapke, Laura)