02128nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10531170 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091210s2010 nju sb 001 0 eng d 2009048294 9780813547862 (hardcover alk. paper) 0813547865 (hardcover alk. paper) 9780813551784 9780813551111 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774279007 n-us--- PS151 .K49 2010eb 810.9/9287 22 Keyser, Catherine, 1980- Playing smart [electronic resource] : New York women writers and modern magazine culture / Catherine Keyser. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010. xii, 225 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Thoroughly modern Millay and her middlebrow masquerades -- "This unfortunate exterior": Dorothy Parker, the female body, and strategic doubling -- "First aid to laughter": Jessie Fauset and the racial politics of smartness -- The indestructible glamour girl: Dawn Powell, celebrity, and counterpublics -- "Scratch a socialist and you find a snob": Mary McCarthy, irony, and politics -- Conclusion. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American literature Women authors History and criticism. American literature 20th century History and criticism. Journalism and literature United States History 20th century. American periodicals History 20th century. Literature and society United States History 20th century. Modernism (Literature) United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10531170 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 146869 146869