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The artistry of anger : Black and white women's literature in America, 1820-1860 / / Linda M. Grasso



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Autore: Grasso Linda M Visualizza persona
Titolo: The artistry of anger : Black and white women's literature in America, 1820-1860 / / Linda M. Grasso Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill [N.C.] ; ; London, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 813/.3099287
Soggetto topico: American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism
Feminism and literature - United States - History - 19th century
Women and literature - United States - History - 19th century
American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Feminist fiction, American - History and criticism
African American women in literature
Social problems in literature
Women, White, in literature
Anger in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-238) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Part I. The Anger Paradigm; 1. Anger as Analysis and Aesthetic in American Women's Literature; 2. Using the Anger Paradigm; 3. Suppressing Treasonous Anger; Part II. Anger in the House and in the Text; 4. Anger, Exile, and Restitution in Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok; 5. Maria W. Stewart's Inspired Wrath; 6. Masking Anger as It Is Spoken; 7. The Text as Courtroom; Conclusion: Making Sure the Anger Holds; Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Sommario/riassunto: In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger.
Titolo autorizzato: The artistry of anger  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908682-4-4
0-8078-6019-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822059703321
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Serie: Gender & American culture.