"Stoddard was, next to Melville and Hawthorne, the most strikingly original voice in the mid-nineteenth-century American novel, a voice . . . that ought to gain a more sympathetic and perceptive hearing in our time than in her own."--from the IntroductionThe centerpiece of this volume is "The Morgesons" (1862), one of the few outstanding feminist bildungsromanae of that century. Additional selections include arresting short stories and provocative journalistic essays/reviews, plus a number of letters and manuscript journals that have never before been published. The texts are fully edited and documented.
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"Stoddard was, next to Melville and Hawthorne, the most strikingly original voice in the mid-nineteenth-century American novel, a voice . . . that ought to gain a more sympathetic and perceptive hearing in our time than in her own."--from the IntroductionThe centerpiece of this volume is "The Morgesons" (1862), one of the few outstanding feminist bildungsromanae of that century. Additional selections include arresting short stories and provocative journalistic essays/reviews, plus a number of letters and manuscript journals that have never before been published. The texts are fully edited and documented.
Imprint | University of PennsylvaniaPress |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | June 1984 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 1984 |
Authors | Elizabeth Stoddard |
Editors | Lawrence Buell, Sandra A. Zagarell |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 400 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8122-1170-2 |
Barcode | 9780812211702 |
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LSN | 0-8122-1170-7 |