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Ruth Hall and Other Writings by Fanny Fern: American Women Writers

Editat de Joyce W. Warren
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 1986
When Ruth Hall was originally published in 1855, it caused a sensation. In it, Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) portrays a mid-nineteenth-century woman who realizes the American Dream solely on her own becoming the incarnation of the American individualist-regarded at that time as a role designed exclusively for men. Based on the author's life, the novel reflects her spirit of practical feminism-that a woman was only truly independent when she was financially independent. Fanny Fern was one of the most popular American writers of the mid-nineteenth century, the first woman newspaper columnist in the United States, and the most highly paid newspaper writer of her day. This volume gathers together for the first time almost one hundred selections of her best work as a journalist. Writing on such taboo subjects as prostitution, venereal disease, divorce, and birth control, Fern stripped the façade of convention from some of society's most sacred institutions, targeting cant and hypocrisy, pretentiousness and pomp.
Fern portrays a mid-nineteenth century woman who becomes the incarnartion of the American individualist, something regarded as exclusively for men.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780813511689
ISBN-10: 0813511682
Pagini: 391
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria American Women Writers


Notă biografică

Joyce W. Warren is an associate professor of English and director of Women's Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York. She is the author of The American Narcissus and Fanny Fern, and editor ofThe (Other) American Traditions and Challenging Boundaries.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Selected Bibliography
A Note on the Text
Ruth Hall
Other writings: newspaper articles
Explanatory Notes to Newspaper Articles

Recenzii

[This work] is complex, full of quirky ironies and subtle sarcasm, and, above all, it is fun!

Descriere

Fanny Fern was one of the most popular American writers of the mid-nineteenth century, the first woman newspaper columnist in the United States, and the most highly paid newspaper writer of her day. This volume gathers together for the first time almost one hundred selections of her best work as a journalist. Writing on such taboo subjects as prostitution, venereal disease, divorce, and birth control, Fern stripped the façade of convention from some of society's most sacred institutions, targeting cant and hypocrisy, pretentiousness and pomp.