Literate zeal [electronic resource] : gender, editing, and the making of a New Yorker ethos / Janet Carey Eldred.
Material type: TextSeries: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (p. cm.)ISBN:- 9780822977391
- 0822977397
- Women and literature -- United States
- Women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- American periodicals -- History -- 20th century
- American literature -- Periodicals -- History -- 20th century
- Women periodical editors -- United States
- Women's periodicals, American -- History -- 20th century
- 070.5/10820973 23
- PN4879 .E53 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: haute literacy -- Introduction: literacy, gender, and the rhetorical work of editing -- Between the sheets: editing and the making of a New Yorker ethos -- "The precision of knives," or more than just commas -- Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, and other women's magazines -- Conclusion: lady editors and the embodiment of style -- Afterword: Katharine White's bequest, or ruminations on an archive.
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