Neglected American Women Writers of the Long Nineteenth Century, edited by Verena Laschinger and Sirpa Salenius, is a collection of essays that offer a fresh perspective and original analyses of texts by American women writers of the long nineteenth century. The essays, which are written both by Eur...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Laschinger, Verena 1971- (HerausgeberIn), Salenius, Sirpa (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature 48
Schlagworte:	American literature / Women authors / History and criticism American literature / 19th century / History and criticism Women and literature / United States / History / 19th century
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Zusammenfassung:	Neglected American Women Writers of the Long Nineteenth Century, edited by Verena Laschinger and Sirpa Salenius, is a collection of essays that offer a fresh perspective and original analyses of texts by American women writers of the long nineteenth century. The essays, which are written both by European and American scholars, discuss fiction by marginalized authors including Yolanda DuBois (African American fairy tales), Laura E. Richards (children's literature), Metta Fuller Victor (dime novels/ detective fiction), and other pioneering writers of science fiction, gothic tales, and life narratives. The works covered by this collection represent the rough and ragged realities that women and girls in the nineteenth century experienced; the writings focus on their education, family life, on girls as victims of class prejudice as well as sexual and racial violence, but they also portray girls and women as empowering agents, survivors, and leaders. They do so with a high-voltage creative charge. As progressive pioneers, who forayed into unknown literary terrain and experimented with a variety of genres, the neglected American women writers introduced in this collection themselves emerge as role models whose innovative contribution to nineteenth-century literature the essays celebrate
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ISBN:	9780429201837 0429201834 9780429513930 0429513933 0429510500 042951736X 9780429510502 9780429517365