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Autore |
Roberson Susan L. <1950-, > |
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Antebellum American women writers and the road : American mobilities / / Susan L. Roberson |
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New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-136-88865-9 |
1-283-53304-9 |
9786613845498 |
0-203-84001-1 |
1-136-88866-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism |
American prose literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Women and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
Travel writing - History - 19th century |
Travel in literature |
Place (Philosophy) in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Antebellum American Women Writers and the Road American Mobilities; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: American Mobilities; 1 "What hath befallen me": Sites of Contestation in Sarah Beavis's Two Narratives of Her Adventures on the Mississippi River; 2 "With the Wind Rocking the Wagon": Women's Narratives of the Way West; 3 The Politics of Mobility: Self and Nation In-(Between) Margaret Fuller's Summer on the Lakes; 4 "A Higher Call": Mobility, Spirituality, and Social Uplift in the Narratives of Maria Stewart and Jarena Lee |
5 Circulations of Body and Word: Women's Slave Narratives6 Domesticating the Road in the Wide World of Antebellum Women's Novels; 7 Touristic Writing by Antebellum Women Sightseers; 8 Jane |
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