Williams, Susan S.

Reclaiming authorship : literary women in America, 1850-1900 / Susan S. Williams. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006. - 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-243) and index.

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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American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Authorship.

PS217.W64 / W55 2006

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