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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grasso, Linda M.

Series:

Gender & American culture

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--Women authors.

Feminism and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Feminism and literature.

United States.

History.

Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction--African American authors.

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, American.

African American women in literature.

Social problems in literature.

Women, White, in literature.

Anger in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, [2002]

Summary:

Grasso explores the ways in which black and white 19th-century women writers define, express, and dramatize anger. Offering close readings of works by Lydia Maria Child, Maria W. Stewart, Fanny Fern, and Harriet Wilson, she shows how women used an aesthetic of discontent to address such complex social and political issues as slavery, industrialization, imperialism, and race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-238) and index.

ISBN:

0807826820

0807853488

OCLC:

47705499