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The belle gone bad
Southern states, in literature
American fiction, history and criticism
Women and literature
American fiction
In literature
Women authors
History and criticism
"Examining the "bad belle" as a recurring character, The Belle Gone Bad finds that white southern women writers from the antebellum period to the present have used treacherous belles to subtly indict their culture from within. Combining the southern ideal of ladyhood with the sexual power of the dar…
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