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Women and literary celebrity in the nineteenth century : the transatlantic production of fame and gender
- Title
- Women and literary celebrity in the nineteenth century : the transatlantic production of fame and gender / Brenda R. Weber.
- Author
- Weber, Brenda R., 1964-
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey [England] ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR115 .W43 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 259 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies
- Uniform Title
- Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- English literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Fame > History > 19th century
- Sex role > History > 19th century
- Women authors > Biography > History and criticism
- Women authors in literature
- Authorship > Social aspects > History > Great Britain > 19th century
- Authorship > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
- American literature
- American literature > Women authors
- Authorship > Social aspects
- English literature
- English literature > Women authors
- Fame
- Sex role
- Women authors > Biography
- Women authors in literature
- Englisch
- Frauenliteratur
- Berühmte Persönlichkeit Motiv
- Geschlechterrolle Motiv
- Geschlechtsidentität
- Great Britain
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : a right to call herself famous -- Reconstructing Charlotte : the making of celebrated "female genius" -- "A sort of monster" : Fanny Fern, fame's appetite, and the construction of the multivalent famous female author -- "Great genius breaks all bonds" : Margaret Oliphant and the female literary greats -- Correcting the record, creating a new one : Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes and Eliza Potter's A hair-dresser's experience in high life -- The text as child : gender/sex and metaphors of maternity at the fin de siècle -- Conclusion : Doing her level best to play the man's game : literary hermaphrodites and the exceptional woman -- Afterword : in search of the cult of Charlotte.
- ISBN
- 9781409400738
- 1409400735
- 9781409400745
- 1409400743
- LCCN
- 2011046387
- 40021107736
- OCLC
- ocn768072420
- 768072420
- SCSB-14533447
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library