Mary Edwards Bryan : her early life and works / Canter Brown Jr. and Larry Eugene Rivers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Canter, author.

Rivers, Larry E., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Southern States--History.

Bryan, Mary E. (Mary Edwards), 1838-1913.

Bryan, Mary E. (Mary Edwards), 1838-1913--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mary Edwards Bryan, a Victorian-era southern woman, was an influential and well-respected writer during her time. Brown and Rivers hope to reintroduce her to the world with this "literary" biography -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

"Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842

"More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850

"A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854

"The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855

"A vent for ... abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858

"A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860

"The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863

"Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863

"When at last the 'cruel war was over'": Louisiana, 1863-1868

"A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868

"Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875

"I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880

Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5142-8

0-8130-5556-3

OCLC:

918984079