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Reinventing the Peabody Sisters
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Hardcover. Elizabeth Peabody, Mary Peabody Mann, and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne subverted rigid nineteenth-century definitions of women's limited realm of influence. This collection of essays examines the sisters' confrontations with and involvement in the intellectual movements and social conflicts of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Elbert, Monika M.; Hall, Julie E.; Rodier, Katharine. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Whether in the public realm as political activists, artists, teachers, biographers, editors, and writers or in the more traditional role of domestic, nurturing women, Elizabeth Peabody, Mary Peabody Mann, and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne subverted rigid nineteenth-century definitions of women's limited realm of influence. ""Reinventing the Peabody Sisters"" seeks to redefine this dynamic trio's relationship to the literary and political movements of the mid nineteenth century. Previous scholarship has romanticized, vilified, or altogether erased their influences and literary productions or viewed these individuals solely in light of their relationships to other nineteenth-century luminaries, particularly men - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, ... Read more
Whether in the public realm as political activists, artists, teachers, biographers, editors, and writers or in the more traditional role of domestic, nurturing women, Elizabeth Peabody, Mary Peabody Mann, and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne subverted rigid nineteenth-century definitions of women's limited realm of influence. ""Reinventing the Peabody Sisters"" seeks to redefine this dynamic trio's relationship to the literary and political movements of the mid nineteenth century. Previous scholarship has romanticized, vilified, or altogether erased their influences and literary productions or viewed these individuals solely in light of their relationships to other nineteenth-century luminaries, particularly men - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9781587295041
SKU
V9781587295041
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About
Monika Elbert is professor of English at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Julie Hall is associate professor of English at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Katharine Rodier is professor of English at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
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