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The Cambridge companion to nineteenth-century American women's writing
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- Online
- Summary
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Providing an overview of the history of writing by women in 19th century America, this collection traces the origin of the terms which have traditionally defined the debate.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Dale M. Bauer and Philip Gould
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xxix, 327 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781139000192, 1139000195, 9780521660037
- OCLC
- ocn723454991
- "Cambridge collections online."
- Title from home page (viewed Feb. 8, 2011).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction / Dale M. Bauer and Philip Gould -- Historical and theoretical background -- The postcolonial culture of early American women's writing / Rosemarie Zagarri -- Women in public / Dana D. Nelson -- Antebellum politics and women's writing / Stephanie A. Smith -- Genre, tradition, and innovation -- Captivity and the literary imagination / Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola -- Nineteenth-century American women's poetry / Elizabeth Petrino -- Women at war / Shirley Samuels -- Women, anti-Catholicism, and narrative in nineteenth-century America / Susan Griffin -- Immigration and assimilation in nineteenth-century US women's writing / Priscilla Wald -- Case studies -- The uses of writing in Margaret Bayard Smith's new nation / Fredrika J. Teute -- The sentimental novel / Gail K. Smith -- African-American women's spiritual narratives / Yolanda Pierce -- The postbellum reform writings of Rebecca Harding Davis and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps / Lisa A. Long -- "Strenuous Artistry" / Sandra A. Zagarell -- Minnie's Sacrifice / Farah Jasmine Griffin -- Conclusion / Mary Kelley