I Await the Devil's Coming

Mary MacLane

• Other Authors Jessa Crispin (Introduction)
• Title

  I Await the Devil's Coming

• Date 2014
• ISBN 9781612191942
• Publisher Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Press
• Description 132 pp; 9 in
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection
• Summary

  Mary MacLane’s I Await the Devil’s Coming is a shocking, brave and intellectually challenging diary of a 19-year-old girl living in Butte, Montana in 1902. Written in potent, raw prose that propelled the author to celebrity upon publication, the book has become almost completely forgotten.

  In the early 20th century, MacLane’s name was synonymous with sexuality; she is widely hailed as being one of the earliest American feminist authors, and critics at the time praised her work for its daringly open and confessional style. In its first month of publication, the book sold 100,000 copies — a remarkable number for a debut author, and one that illustrates MacLane’s broad appeal. (Melville House Publishing)

• Tags Fiction, Feminism and Feminist theory