Article: Women, Compulsion, Modernity: The Moment of American Naturalism.(Book Review)

Women, Compulsion, Modernity: The Moment of American Naturalism. By Jennifer L. Fleissner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. 320 pp. $65.00/$25.00 paper.

What would it mean to place women at the center of a reading of American naturalism, particularly the women in "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "A New England Nun"? Or to highlight compulsion instead of violence and brutality? What happens to the parameters of naturalism if we envision constrained, domestic women at its center? Jennifer L. Fleissner's Women, Compulsion, Modernity explores these possibilities as it offers a refreshing interpretation of naturalism by reading texts commonly recognized as ...

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