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Ruth Hall and other writings

Fanny Fern ; edited and with an introduction by Joyce W. Warren

(American women writers series / Joanne Dobson, Judith Fetterley, and Elaine Showalter, series editors)

Rutgers University Press, c1986

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. xl-xlii

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: [cloth] ISBN 9780813511672

Description

When Ruth Hall was originally published in 1855, it caused a sensation. In it, Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) portrays a mid-nineteenth-century woman who realizes the American Dream solely on her own becoming the incarnation of the American individualist-regarded at that time as a role designed exclusively for men. Based on the author's life, the novel reflects her spirit of practical feminism-that a woman was only truly independent when she was financially independent.Fanny Fern was one of the most popular American writers of the mid-nineteenth century, the first woman newspaper columnist in the United States, and the most highly paid newspaper writer of her day. This volume gathers together for the first time almost one hundred selections of her best work as a journalist. Writing on such taboo subjects as prostitution, venereal disease, divorce, and birth control, Fern stripped the facade of convention from some of society's most sacred institutions, targeting cant and hypocrisy, pretentiousness and pomp. Fern portrays a mid-nineteenth century woman who becomes the incarnartion of the American individualist, something regarded as exclusively for men.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780813511689

Description

When Ruth Hall was originally published in 1855, it caused a sensation. In it, Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) portrays a mid-nineteenth-century woman who realizes the American Dream solely on her own becoming the incarnation of the American individualist-regarded at that time as a role designed exclusively for men. Based on the author's life, the novel reflects her spirit of practical feminism-that a woman was only truly independent when she was financially independent.Fanny Fern was one of the most popular American writers of the mid-nineteenth century, the first woman newspaper columnist in the United States, and the most highly paid newspaper writer of her day. This volume gathers together for the first time almost one hundred selections of her best work as a journalist. Writing on such taboo subjects as prostitution, venereal disease, divorce, and birth control, Fern stripped the facade of convention from some of society's most sacred institutions, targeting cant and hypocrisy, pretentiousness and pomp. Fern portrays a mid-nineteenth century woman who becomes the incarnartion of the American individualist, something regarded as exclusively for men.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Selected Bibliography A Note on the Text Ruth Hall Other writings: newspaper articles Explanatory Notes to Newspaper Articles

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Details

  • NCID
    BA10333932
  • ISBN
    • 0813511674
    • 0813511682
  • LCCN
    86003682
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New Brunswick, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xliii, 391 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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