{"product_id":"jane-addams-a-writers-life-katherine-joslin-9780252076343","title":"Jane Addams, a Writer's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Addams, a Writer's Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive, revealing, and refreshing reexamination of the renowned reformer as an imaginative writer. Jane Addams is best known for her groundbreaking social work at Hull-House, the force of her efforts toward Progressive political and social reform, and the bravery of her commitment to pacifism, for which she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Katherine Joslin moves beyond this history to present Addams as a literary figure, one whose writing employed a synthesis of fictional and analytical prose that appealed to a wide audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoslin traces Addams's style from her early works, \u003ci\u003ePhilanthropy and Social Progress\u003c\/i\u003e and her contributions to \u003ci\u003eHull House Maps and Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, influenced by Florence Kelley, to her modernist and experimental last books, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Twenty Years at Hull-House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Friend, Julia Lathrop, \u003c\/i\u003e placing Addams in the context of other Chicago writers including Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, Harriet Monroe, Frank Norris and James T. Farrell. Joslin's close readings showcase Addams's distinguishing literary devices, such as using stories about people rather than sociological argument to make moral points. As Joslin pursues the argument that Addams's power as a public figure stemmed from the success of her books and essays, Addams herself emerges as a literary woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Joslin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252076346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252076343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Katherine Joslin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443325317375,"sku":"9780252076343","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_daa63fb8-48e2-4579-a120-c21f0a38da63.jpg?v=1777204752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jane-addams-a-writers-life-katherine-joslin-9780252076343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}