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Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography
Janice Milner Lasseter, Sharon M. Harris, Rebecca Harding Davis
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Description for Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography
Paperback. An annotated edition of Rebecca Harding Davis's 1904 autobiography, "Bits of Gossip", and a family history written for her children. The memoirs are not traditional autobiography; rather, they present Davis's perspective on the cultural changes that occurred during her lifetime. Editor(s): Lasseter, Janice Milner; Harris, Sharon M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Nineteenth-century fiction writer and journalist Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910) is best known for her novella Life in the Iron Mills. Its publication in 1861 launched her stunning fifty-year career that yielded a corpus of some 500 published works, including short stories, novels, novellas, sketches, and social commentary. Davis's unique mode of writing anticipated literary realism twenty years before the time usually associated with its genesis. Today, her life and work continue to figure prominently in the study of American literature and culture. Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography is the annotated edition of her 1904 autobiography, Bits of Gossip, and ... Read more
Nineteenth-century fiction writer and journalist Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910) is best known for her novella Life in the Iron Mills. Its publication in 1861 launched her stunning fifty-year career that yielded a corpus of some 500 published works, including short stories, novels, novellas, sketches, and social commentary. Davis's unique mode of writing anticipated literary realism twenty years before the time usually associated with its genesis. Today, her life and work continue to figure prominently in the study of American literature and culture. Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography is the annotated edition of her 1904 autobiography, Bits of Gossip, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826513847
SKU
V9780826513847
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About Janice Milner Lasseter, Sharon M. Harris, Rebecca Harding Davis
A nineteenth-century specialist, Janice Milner Lasseter is professor of English at Samford University and has published widely on Rebecca Harding Davis, including ""Hawthorne's Legacy to Rebecca Harding Davis"" in Hawthorne and Women. Sharon M. Harris is the Lorraine Sherley Professor in Literature at Texas Christian University. She is the author of Rebecca Harding Davis and American Realism, co-editor of Legacy: ... Read more
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