Title Reclaiming authorship : literary women in America, 1850-1900 / Susan S. Williams

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary "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 the romantic to the realist."--Cecelia Tichi Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index Notes In English Subject American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century Authorship. Authorship authorship. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature American literature -- Women authors Authorship Women and literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2005058496 ISBN 9780812203899 0812203895

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