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The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess. Annie Adams Fields and Mary Gladstone Drew.
S. Harris
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Description for The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess. Annie Adams Fields and Mary Gladstone Drew.
Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess explores the influence well-placed, energetic women had on literary and political culture in the U.S. and in England in the years 1870-1920. Fields, an American, was first married to James T. Fields, a prominent Boston publisher; after his death she became companion to Sarah Orne Jewett, one of the foremost New England writers. Gladstone was a daughter of William Gladstone, one of Great Britain's most famous Prime Ministers. Both became well known as hostesses, entertaining the leading figures of their day; both also kept journals and wrote letters in which they recorded ... Read more
The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess explores the influence well-placed, energetic women had on literary and political culture in the U.S. and in England in the years 1870-1920. Fields, an American, was first married to James T. Fields, a prominent Boston publisher; after his death she became companion to Sarah Orne Jewett, one of the foremost New England writers. Gladstone was a daughter of William Gladstone, one of Great Britain's most famous Prime Ministers. Both became well known as hostesses, entertaining the leading figures of their day; both also kept journals and wrote letters in which they recorded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349635634
SKU
V9781349635634
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99-15
About S. Harris
SUSAN K HARRIS currently is Professor of American Literature at Penn State University, University Park. Previously, she taught for fifteen years at Queens College, of the City University of New York. Her publications include The Courtship of Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain (Cambridge University Press, 1996); 19th-Century American Women's Novels: Interpretive Strategies (Cambridge University Press, 1990); and Mark Twain's Escape ... Read more
Reviews for The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess. Annie Adams Fields and Mary Gladstone Drew.
"Thoroughly engaging for readers fascinated by the nineteenth century, and essential reading for understanding the complex ways women have found to wield cultural and political influence." - Marjorie Pryse, University at Albany "In this scintillatingly-written book, as intelligent as the conversations generated by the two hostesses that are its main subject, Harris serves up to a wide ... Read more