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Constance
Fenimore Woolson's Nineteenth Century
Essays
Edited by Victoria Brehm |
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Although
she is one of the lesser-known figures in American literature, Constance Fenimore
Woolson (1840-1894) authored some of the most carefully crafted and realistic
short stories of the post-Civil War era. Constance
Fenimore Woolson's Nineteenth Century: Essays offers
a collection of critical essays from different theoretical perspectives that
offer new insights into Woolson and reintegrate her into nineteenth-century
scholarship. An introduction by Victoria Brehm provides an incisive overview
of Woolson's life and oeuvre, and a chronology of her life concludes the book.
These essays explore topics crucial to understanding the period's literature
and suggest new directions for scholarship. Together they constitute a groundbreaking
collection that expands the available body of criticism about Woolson and her
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"This
is a volume that will be a must-read not just for Woolson scholars or
those interested in women's writing, but for anyone interested in nineteenth-century
American literary and cultural history.
—Tom
Lutz, University of Iowa
Victoria Brehm is Associate Professor of English
at Grand Valley State
University in Michigan.
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