Format:
xvi, 351 pages
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25 cm
ISBN:
9780813061146
Content:
Mary Edwards Bryan, a Victorian-era southern woman, was an influential and well-respected writer during her time. Brown and Rivers hope to reintroduce her to the world with this "literary" biography --
Content:
Introduction -- "Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842 -- "More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850 -- "A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854 -- "The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855 -- "A vent for . . . abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858 -- "A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860 -- "The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863 -- "Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863 -- "When at last the "cruel war was over"": Louisiana, 1863-1868 -- "A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868 -- "Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875 -- "I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880 -- Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index
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Introduction"Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842 -- "More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850 -- "A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854 -- "The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855 -- "A vent for . . . abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858 -- "A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860 -- "The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863 -- "Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863 -- "When at last the "cruel war was over"": Louisiana, 1863-1868 -- "A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868 -- "Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875 -- "I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880 -- Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Bryan, Mary E. 1838-1913
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USA
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