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Growth of a feminine perspective in literary theory has resulted in a radical reconsideration of the American literary canon, producing new readings of texts, patterns in literature and culture, and connections between texts. Wharton and Chopin are two writers taking a place of importance in the development of the realistic novel in America and in the creation of a distinctive tradition of women's literature. Focuses on the heuristic possibilities of a distinctly different literature by women, the role of gender, and the contributions of Wharton and Chopin to the novel.
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