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City University of New York - City College
The Visual Construction of an Educated Woman in Illustrations of Jean Webster’s Daddy-Long Legs
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Jean Webster’s 1912 epistolary novel <em>Daddy-Long-Legs</em> features pen drawings by the author. This thesis examines those pen drawings as a tool for character development and political awareness, and how artists tasked with creating other illustrations for the story misrepresent the progressive nature of Webster’s work by emphasizing her protagonist’s romantic interests. </p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Art History
- Year dc:date.available
- 2026
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Horsch, Paeton C.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Ellen Handy
- Abby Kornfeld
- Craig Houser
Subjects
dc:subject × 8Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/1310
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-2417