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A Law Unto Herself Rebecca Harding Davis ; edited and with an introduction by Alicia Mischa Renfroe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910, author.
- Series:
- Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers.
- Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender identity--Fiction.
- Gender identity.
- Law reform--United States--Fiction.
- Law reform.
- Women--United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Women.
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A scathing critique of the legal status of women and their property rights in nineteenth-century America, Rebecca Harding Davis's 1878 novel A Law Unto Herself chronicles the experiences of Jane Swendon, a seemingly naive and conventional nineteenth-century protagonist struggling to care for her elderly father with limited financial resources. In order to continue care, Jane seeks to secure her rightful inheritance despite the efforts of her cousin and later her husband, a greedy man who has tricked her father into securing her hand in marriage. Appealing to middle-class literary tastes of the age, A Law Unto Herself elucidated for a broad general audience the need for legal reforms regarding divorce, mental illness, inheritance, and reforms to the Married Women's Property Laws. Through three fascinating female characters, the novel also invites readers to consider evolving gender roles during a time of cultural change"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""A Law Unto Herself""; ""Notes""; ""About Rebecca Harding Davis""; ""About Alicia Mischa Renfroe""; ""Series List""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803256712
- 080325671X
- 9780803256705
- 0803256701
- OCLC:
- 895258735
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