Swindler, spy, rebel : the confidence woman in nineteenth-century America /

One would not expect a police officer to describe a criminal as "remarkable," "well worth knowing," or "excellent." Yet some did when their quarry was a confidence woman. Blackmailer, swindler, or pickpocket: the confidence woman could take any form. Regardless of their...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Grave, Kathleen, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
1800-1899
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
Swindlers and swindling in literature.
Female offenders in literature.
Women spies in literature.
Deception in literature.
Prose américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale) dans la littérature.
Criminelles dans la littérature.
Espionnes dans la littérature.
Tromperie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American prose literature.
Swindlers and swindling.
Women and literature.
Spion
Betrüger > Motiv
Literatur
Frau > Motiv
United States.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Confronting the confidence woman
  • 2. The confidence woman in context
  • 3. Types of confidence women in history
  • 4. Autobiographies of confidence women
  • 5. Literature : muting the voice
  • 6. The writer as confidence woman
  • 7. Stowe to Wharton : a bold move.

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