American Culture, Canons, and the Case of Elizabeth Stoddard:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press 2014
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Item Description:Elizabeth Stoddard was a gifted writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism; successfully published within her own lifetime; esteemed by such writers as William Dean Howells and Nathaniel Hawthorne; and situated at the epicenter of New York's literary world. Nonetheless, she has been almost excluded from literary memory and importance. This book seeks to understand why. By reconsidering Stoddard's life and work and her current marginal status in the evolving canon of American literary studies, it raises important questions about women's writing in the 19th century and canon formation in
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (308 pages)
ISBN:0817388222
9780817313135
9780817388225

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