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Marietta Holley: Life with "Josiah Allen's Wife" (New York State Series)
Kate Winter
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Description for Marietta Holley: Life with "Josiah Allen's Wife" (New York State Series)
Paperback. Aims to recover the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from 1873 to 1914. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Aims to recover the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from 1873 to 1914.
Aims to recover the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from 1873 to 1914.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815630883
SKU
V9780815630883
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Ref
99-59
About Kate Winter
Kate H. Winter is the author of several books, including Woman in the Mountain: Reconstructions of Self and Land by Adirondack Women Writers. She is a lecturer in the English Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
Reviews for Marietta Holley: Life with "Josiah Allen's Wife" (New York State Series)
Backed by Mark Twain's publisher, she drew on the vernacular humor tradition to create a sympathetic comic woman who hid behind the deliberately self-effacing mask of 'Josiah Allen's Wife.' In 21 books between 1873 and 1914, she turned her pragmatic gaze on sex, race, religion, politics, foreign policy, and genteel values; she propagandized for votes, temperance, and feminism." - Library ... Read more