Tillie Olsen: one woman, many riddles

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Note on the Text......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 18
Prologue......Page 22
1 Escapes: 1880s-1916......Page 25
2 Reality Raised: 1917-1924......Page 40
3 Magnetic Personality: 1925-1929......Page 53
4 Revolutionary and Mother: 1930-1933......Page 74
5 Early Genius: 1934......Page 97
6 Great Feminine Hope: 1935-1936......Page 119
7 Dead and Resuscitated Ego: 1937-1939......Page 141
8 War-Relief Heroine: 1940-1945......Page 161
9 Ex-GI\'s Ideal Wife: 1946-1950......Page 187
10 Victim and Remaker: 1951-1955......Page 203
11 Great Value as a Writer: 1956-1961......Page 223
12 Ego Strength: 1962-1969......Page 243
13 Tillie Appleseed: 1970-1974......Page 267
14 Queen Bee: 1975-1980......Page 287
15 Image Control: 1981-1996......Page 309
16 Enter Biographer: 1997-2007......Page 333
Epilogue......Page 356
Appendix A: Bibliography of Primary Works by Tillie Lerner Olsen......Page 358
Appendix B: Family Tree: Olsen, Lerner, Goldberg, and Goldfarb Families......Page 362
Appendix C: 1935 Plan for the 1930s Proletarian Novel......Page 366
Notes......Page 370
Bibliography......Page 440
Index......Page 448