The House of Mirth Drawing-Room

I think that although she wants to be able to make up a drawing room, it would only work for her if she is married and is "able to make up a man's drawing room." She looks down on Gertie, but Gertie is able to do her own drawing room on her own terms but without the need for a man. Lily doesn't have to be married in order to have a drawing room to express her artistic soul, she is just too afraid of having to be alone and create her own living space around the drawing room. I think that symbolizes that women are able to be given an illusion of power by being able to do over a man's drawing room, but they really are just disillusioned as it is the men who own the house and the objects that make up the drawing room. It leads back to the caged bird analogy.

The House of Mirth

I thought it was interesting that she takes part of the title of her book from Ecclesiastes which is more or less dedicated to Solomon. He broke 3 of the rules of kings mapped out in Deuteronomy. He sins by multiplying his gold and his horses and chariots. He also idolizes other Gods. In response to this, God announces that he shall tear Solomon's kingdom in half. I found this interesting as a part of foreshadowing by showing that Lily wants to have more money and more material things and she well idolizes the social status she is trying so hard to stay in with. I think that may well be the reason Wharton decided against titling her book "A Moment's Ornament" or "The Year of the Rose." I think she did this because of the heavy symbolism and meaning behind the house of mirth, it leads to a fuller understanding of the follies of the mannerisms of the main characters.

Domestic Challenges

This is me.  And I love that it shows how far we have come!

Casey's post re: "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Casey says: This link is to another blogspot page. It has a really great painting depicting "The Yellow Wallpaper," I really think this painting sums up the grief and emotions of the main character in the story. There is also some more information regarding the story, like the meanings and symbols present.

Angel in the House images posted by Ambivalent

http://leapandtwirl.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/domestically_disabled.jpg?w=400&h=395
http://www.halen.com/images/uploads/the_truth.jpg

Images of Angel in the House posted by Bookworm

Jewett, Sarah Orne. "A White Heron."

New Yorker article on Harriet Beecher Stowe

This is an abstract of a longer article that considers Stowe's influence and the tremendous worldwide impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin. I am happy to provide copies of the full article to anyone who is interested.

Article on Uncle Tom's Cabin

Grace King. "La Grande Demoiselle"

Scroll down to read the story "La Grande Demoiselle."

Coventry, Patmore. "The Angel in the House"

Virginia Woolf. "Professions for Women."

Welcome to our class blog!

Welcome to the class blog for ENGL 3117, American Women Writers, at Columbus State University. This class will meet Monday through Thursday from 9:20-10:45AM throughout the summer term (June 13-July 28) in Howard 202. On this blog you can find the syllabus, course readings, and other links. You can also post comments on the readings, class discussion, and anything else you deem relevant to our understanding of American women writers. Feel free to visit me during office hours, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays in Woodall 163, or contact me via email (green_angela1@columbusstate.edu) or via the blog. I look forward to an engaging and enjoyable class!

American Authors resource page

Alcott, Louisa May, selections from Hospital Sketches

Read chapters I and IV

Edith Wharton Society Page

Brooks, Gwendolyn. "The Mother" and "The Lovers of the Poor."

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15829

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172089

Stein, Gertrude. "The House Was Just Twinkling in the Moonlight."

Hopkins, Pauline. "Talma Gordon."

Phillis Wheatley. "On Being Brought from Africa to America" and "On Imagination."

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Wheatley/brought.html

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Wheatley/imagination.html

Virginia Woolf. "A Room of One's Own," Chapter 1

Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" and "I'm Wife--I've Finished That

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15392

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-m-wife-mdash-i-ve-finished-that/

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "If I Were a Man."

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "The Yellow Wallpaper."

http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/GilYell.html

Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew. "Lemorne Versus Huell."

Scroll down for story.

http://www.archive.org/stream/lemorneversushue00881gut/lvssh10.txt

Bogan, Louise. "The Alchemist" and "Women"

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-alchemist/

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Louise-Bogan/2648

Taggard, Genevieve. "With Child" and "The Quiet Woman."

http://vmlinux.org/ilse/lit/taggard.htm

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-quiet-woman/

Eaton, Edith Maude (Sui Sin Far). "Mrs. Spring Fragrance."

http://www.loa.org/images/pdf/Eaton_Spring_Fragrance.pdf

Hurston, Zora Neale. "How It Feels to Be Colored Me."

http://www.jjuriaan.com/How_It_Feels_to_be_Colored_Me.pdf

Barnes, Djuna. "How It Feels to be Forcibly Fed."

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/How_It_Feels_to_Be_Forcibly_Fed

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), "The Orchard" and "Eurydice"

http://www.poetry-archive.com/d/orchard.html

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182485

Piercy, Marge. "Barbie Doll" and "For the Young Who Want To"

http://www.margepiercy.com/Piercy%20Website/sampling/Barbie_Doll.htm

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-the-young-who-want-to/

Bradstreet, Anne. "Prologue" and "To Her Father with Some Verses"

http://www.annebradstreet.com/anne_bradstreet_poems.htm

Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Fish" and "One Art"

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/22238

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15212

Moore, Marianne. "Poetry" and "The Fish"

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15654

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21070

Rich, Adrienne. "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" and "Diving Into the Wreck"

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/adrienne_rich/2425

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15228

Welty, Eudora. "Petrified Man."

http://www.mondowendell.com/petrify.htm

Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case."

http://cather.unl.edu/ss006.html

Chopin, Kate. "Desiree's Baby."

Morrison, Toni. "Recitatif."

http://linksprogram.gmu.edu/tutorcorner/NCLC495Readings/Morrison_recitatifessay.doc.pdf

Zitkala-Sa. "Impressions of an Indian Childhood"

http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/ZitImpr.html

Walker, Alice, "Everyday Use"

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/quilt/walker.html

Glaspell, Susan. "A Jury of Her Peers."

Porter, Katherine Anne

http://www.lib.umd.edu/Guests/KAP/links.html