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1 online resource (x, 305 pages) |
Contents |
Solving the "old riddle of the Sphinx": discovering the self as artist -- "Prov[ing] Avis in the wrong": the lives of women artists -- "The crown and the thorn of gifted life": Imagining the women artist -- "Recognition is the thing": seeking the status of artist |
Summary |
"Writing for Immortality studies the lives and works of four nineteenth-century American women who sought recognition as serious literary artists: Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Constance Fenimore Woolson. Combining literary criticism and cultural history, Anne E. Boyd examines how these authors challenged the masculine connotation of "artist" and struggled to place themselves in the literary pantheon. Redrawing the boundaries between male and female literary spheres and between American and British literary traditions, Boyd shows how these writers rejected the didacticism of the previous generation of women authors and instead drew their inspiration from the most accomplished "literary" figures of their day: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry James, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and George Eliot." "Placing the works and experiences of Alcott, Phelps, Stoddard, and Woolson within contemporary discussions about genius and the American artist, Boyd reaches a sobering conclusion. Although the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts encouraged these women, they nonetheless faced lingering prejudices."--Jacket |
Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index |
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 fast |
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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 fast |
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Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902 fast |
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Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 fast |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Canon (Literature)
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American literature
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American literature -- Women authors
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Canon (Literature)
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Intellectual life
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Women and literature
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Frauenliteratur
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140366
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United States
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USA
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2003019050 |
ISBN |
9781421428031 |
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1421428032 |
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1421401770 |
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9781421401775 |
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