A comprehensive study of American writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911 : art for truth's sake

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    • Privett, Ronna Coffey

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A comprehensive study of American writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911 : art for truth's sake

Ronna Coffey Privett

(Studies in American literature, v. 61)

Edwin Mellen Press, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-286) and index

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内容説明

This work examines the novels, essays, and short stories of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps within their cultural/historical context. It examines the social climate and reform movements during Phelps' writing career, and shows how she was a woman ahead of her time in the 19th century.

目次

  • Introduction - the literary life of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • the awakening to intellectual and spiritual life - Phelps and philosophy
  • labour reform and class issues - "the fingers of the world"
  • crusading for temperance and women's rights - "he's always kind when he's sober"
  • women in the public sphere - breaking down the walls
  • the "true woman" and man - confessions of an American wife
  • concealing herself behind her autobiography, revealing herself in her fiction - some conclusions.

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