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

• Autore: Grasso Linda M
• 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
• ISBN: 979-88-908682-4-4; 0-8078-6019-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822059703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender & American culture.