American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870
American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870

Author: Barbara A. White

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1136290931

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An annotated bibliography on women who wrote fiction in the US during the period 1790-1870. The first part is an annotated list of sources that discuss women's fiction in the period and women authors born before 1840 who published before 1870. The second part is an alphabetical list of the approximately 325 19th century writers who meet those criteria. There are indexes by pseudonym, editor, and subject. The sources provide information not only about the individual authors but also about the history of criticism and literary politics, especially women's place in the American literary canon.

The American Byron
The American Byron

Author: John W. M. Hallock

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780299168049

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Hailed in the mid-19th century as the most important American poet of the period, Fitz-Greene Halleck was dubbed the American Byron and had a large general readership despite his work's infusion of homosexual themes. This biography portrays him as a prophet of the literary and sexual revolution.

The Native American in American Literature
The Native American in American Literature

Author: Roger Rock

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1985-05-22

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0313042624

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This bibliography is a starting point for those interested in researching the American Indian in literature or American Indian literature. Designed to augment other major bibliographies, it classifies all relevant bibliographies and critical works and supplies listings not cited by them. The author's general introduction provides bibliographical background for those beginning research in the field. Cited works are listed alphabetically by the author's or editor's last name in each of three categories: bibliographies; works about the Indian in literature; and Indian literature. Each citation is numbered and the cross-referenced subject and author indexes refer to each work by number, thereby facilitating speedy reference.