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DOI | 10.1080/00497878.2020.1760818 |
The Bitch Is Back: A Reappraisal of Mary McCarthy for the 21st Century | |
Abrams, Sabrina Fuchs | |
Corresponding Author | Abrams, Sabrina Fuchs |
Journal | WOMENS STUDIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
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ISSN | 0049-7878 |
EISSN | 1547-7045 |
Year Published | 2020 |
Volume | 49Issue:4Pages:347-359 |
Abstract in English | This introduction to the Mary McCarthy special issue of Women's Studies asks, why Mary McCarthy? Why now? Mary McCarthy is one of America's leading women intellectuals - fiction writer, literary and cultural critic, editor, and public intellectual. Her career spanned over fifty years as theatre editor of Partisan Review; autobiographical writer of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and the later Intellectual Memoirs and How I Grew; best-selling novelist of The Group; satirist of the New York intellectual scene in The Oasis and The Groves of Academe; public intellectual and reporter on the war in Vietnam, the Medina Trial, and the Watergate Hearings; and recipient of the National Medal for Literature and the MacDowell Medal. Yet her literary and critical contribution have been largely eclipsed by her cultural celebrity as a sharp wit with an acerbic tongue, striking good looks, and a penchant for taking on taboo subjects of female sexuality. This essay looks at how limited gender expectations have shaped McCarthy's reputation as a "modern American bitch" and "our leading bitch-intellectual," and why new feminist readers are ready to embrace her distinction as a smart, sharp, sexy woman of wit |
Subtype | Article |
Language | 英语 |
Country | USA |
Indexed By | AHCI |
WOS ID | WOS:000549054600001 |
WOS Subject | Humanities, Multidisciplinary |
WOS Research Area | Arts & Humanities - Other Topics |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/319838 |
Affiliation | SUNY Empire State Coll, 325 Hudson St, New York, NY 10013 USA |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Abrams, Sabrina Fuchs. The Bitch Is Back: A Reappraisal of Mary McCarthy for the 21st Century[J],2020,49(4):347-359. |
APA | Abrams, Sabrina Fuchs.(2020).The Bitch Is Back: A Reappraisal of Mary McCarthy for the 21st Century.WOMENS STUDIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL,49(4),347-359. |
MLA | Abrams, Sabrina Fuchs."The Bitch Is Back: A Reappraisal of Mary McCarthy for the 21st Century".WOMENS STUDIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL 49.4(2020):347-359. |
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