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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808767903321

Autore

Cognard-Black Jennifer <1969->

Titolo

Narrative in the professional age : transatlantic readings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps / / Jennifer Cognard-Black

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87942-7

1-135-87943-5

0-429-23390-6

1-138-81154-8

1-280-04835-2

0-203-50353-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

813/.3099287

Soggetti

American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - English-speaking countries - History - 19th century

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Authorship - Collaboration - History - 19th century

American fiction - English influences

English fiction - American influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF CITED COLLECTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ~You Are as Thoroughly Woman as You Are English~: Strong Femininity and the Making of George Eliot; ~The Wild and Distracted Call for Proof~: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Lady Byron Vindicated and the New Professionalism; ~A More Living Interest~: George Eliot's Daniel Deronda and the Politics of American Reception; ~Proclaiming the Royal Lineage to the Average Mind~: High-Art Aesthetics, the Novel, and Competing Femininities in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's The Story of Avis; AFTERWORD; NOTES



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Sommario/riassunto

Challenging previous studies that claim anxiety and antagonism between transatlantic Victorian authors, Jennifer Cognard-Black uncovers a model of reciprocal influence among three of the most popular women writers of the era.