English 254/360
American Women Writers: Domestic Landscapes
domesticity (doˇmesˇticˇiˇty)
1. The quality or condition of being domestic. 2. Home life or devotion to it.
3. domesticities, household affairs.
The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Class Requirements
The requirements and expectations for students enrolled in the Spring 2001 session of English 254/360.
Syllabus and Assignments
The daily class assignments for the Spring 2001 classes of English 254 and 360.
Selected Bibliography
This list of critical works will supplement the assigned readings and be useful background for critical papers. Scholarly readings will be added as the semester progresses.
Internet Links
Domesticity and Women's Studies
Click here for article entitled "The Cult of Domesticity and True Womanhood"
Click here for background on Coventry Patmore and "The Angel in the House"
Click here for background on women's roles in the 19th Century
Click here for article entitled "Wrestling with the Angel of the House: Interviews with Women Writers"
Click here for article entitled "Killing the Angel in the House" by Elaine Showalter
Click here for Godey's Ladies Book, a nineteenth century women's magazine.
Click here for article entitled "Domesticity to Danger."
Click here for a Victorian Woman's World
Click here for Feminist Theory (Annette Kolodny and Nina Baym)
Click here for Women's History site
Click here for Domestic Goddess Home Page about 19C Women Writers
Click here for Women Writers e-journal
Louisa May Alcott
Click here for AlcottWeb
Click here for Internet Library Resource Website on Alcott
Click here for the complete, annotated bibliography of Alcott's works
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Click here for Web Page for Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Click here for Women of the West Museum's Internet Links to sites about pioneer women
J. California Cooper
Click here for for a Website on J. California Cooper
Click here for another J. California Cooper Website with audio
Click here for Random House Website on J. California Cooper
Click here for National Archives article"From Slave Women to Free Women"
Click here for a Research Guide to the History of Black African American Women
Tillie Olsen
Click here for the Nebraska Writers Website on Tillie Olsen
Click here for an interview with Tillie Olsen
Willa Cather
Click here for Harvard University's Willa Cather site
Click here for the official WCPM Willa Cather site
Sandra Cisneros
Click here for a Web Site on Sandra Cisneros
Click here for the Internet Library Resource File on Sandra Cisneros
Click here for links to and evaluations of Cisneros Websites
Marilynne Robinson
Click here for an audio version of a speech by Marilynne Robinson on "The Authority of Narrative."
Click here for a website and links on Marilynne Robinson
Click here for a Sisters of the Road Homeless program
Click here to links for hobo and railroad sites.
bloomfields@unk.edu
Dr. Susanne (George) Bloomfield
Professor of English
204 Thomas Hall
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-1320
