Reclaiming authorship : literary women in America, 1850-1900 /

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"Reclaiming Authorship augments our knowledge of the female literary tradition and enriches our grasp of the process by which women authors sought public status in a publishing marketplace. It challenges basic tenets of the origins of realism and posits a definable historical transition from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Susan S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
1800-1899
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Authorship.
Authorship
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art d'écrire.
authorship.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
American literature > Women authors.
Women and literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Definining female authorship
  • Writing in and out of the home : parlor culture and authorship
  • Authorizing reception : Maria Cummins and The lamplighter
  • Revising romance : Louisa May Alcott, Hawthorne, and the Civil War
  • Contractual authorship : Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Abigail Dodge
  • Elizabeth Stuart Phelp's ethical authorship
  • Epilogue : amateurs and professionals in Woolson and James.

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