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Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber, 1887–1968, American author, b. Kalamazoo, Mich. Her novels portray the lives of a wide variety of Americans in a vigorous, colorful, and panoramic fashion. Among her best-known novels are So Big (1924, Pulitzer Prize), Show Boat (1926, musical version 1927), Cimarron (1929), Saratoga Trunk (1941), Giant (1952), and Ice Palace (1958). Ferber also collaborated with George S. Kaufman on such plays as The Royal Family (1927), Dinner at Eight (1932), and Stage Door (1936).
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
The Royal Family: A Comedy in Three Acts
George L. Kaufman; Edna Ferber. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928
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George L. Kaufman; Edna Ferber. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928
America Is West: An Anthology of Middlewestern Life and Literature
John T. Flanagan. University of Minnesota Press, 1945
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John T. Flanagan. University of Minnesota Press, 1945
Librarian’s tip: "An Iowa Childhood" by Edna Ferber begins on p. 428
Literary Reformers: Crossing Class and Ethnic Boundaries in Jewish Women's Fiction of the 1920s
Batker, Carol. MELUS, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 2000
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Batker, Carol. MELUS, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 2000
Jewish Women Fiction Writers
Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, 1998
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Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, 1998
Librarian’s tip: "Edna Ferber" begins on p. 16
American Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960
Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, vol.1, 1997
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Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, vol.1, 1997
Librarian’s tip: "Edna Ferber" begins on p. 93
The School of Femininity: A Book for and about Women as They Are Interpretated through Feminine Writers of Yesterday and Today
Margaret Lawrence. Frederick A. Stokes, 1936
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Margaret Lawrence. Frederick A. Stokes, 1936
Librarian’s tip: "Edna Ferber" begins on p. 187
The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature
Juda Bennett. Peter Lang Publishing, 1996
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Juda Bennett. Peter Lang Publishing, 1996
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Edna Ferber begins on p. 74
Reforming Fictions: Native, African, and Jewish American Women's Literature and Journalism in the Progressive Era
Carol J. Batker. Columbia University Press, 2000
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Carol J. Batker. Columbia University Press, 2000
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Edna Ferber begins on p. 108
American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Laurie Champion. Greenwood Press, 2000
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Laurie Champion. Greenwood Press, 2000
Librarian’s tip: "Edna Ferber (1885-1968)" begins on p. 107
American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950
Yvonne Shafer. Peter Lang, 1997
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Yvonne Shafer. Peter Lang, 1997
Librarian’s tip: "Edna Ferber (1885-1968)" begins on p. 79
America's 93 Greatest Living Authors Present This Is My Best: Over 150 Self-Chosen and Complete Masterpieces, Together with Their Reasons for Their Selections
Whit Burnett. Dial Press, 1942
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Whit Burnett. Dial Press, 1942
Librarian’s tip: "Edna Ferber: Why She Selected 'No Room at the Inn'" begins on p. 997