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Women and literary celebrity in the nineteenth century : the transatlantic production of fame and gender

Title
  1. Women and literary celebrity in the nineteenth century : the transatlantic production of fame and gender / Brenda R. Weber.
Published by
  1. Farnham, Surrey [England] ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Author
  1. Weber, Brenda R., 1964-

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Description
  1. xiv, 259 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies
Uniform title
  1. Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies
Subject
  1. 1800-1899
  2. English literature > Women authors > History and criticism
  3. American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
  4. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  5. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  6. Fame > History > 19th century
  7. Sex role > History > 19th century
  8. Women authors > Biography > History and criticism
  9. Women authors in literature
  10. Authorship > Social aspects > History > Great Britain > 19th century
  11. Authorship > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
  12. American literature
  13. American literature > Women authors
  14. Authorship > Social aspects
  15. English literature
  16. English literature > Women authors
  17. Fame
  18. Sex role
  19. Women authors > Biography
  20. Women authors in literature
  21. Englisch
  22. Frauenliteratur
  23. Berühmte Persönlichkeit Motiv
  24. Geschlechterrolle Motiv
  25. Geschlechtsidentität
  26. Great Britain
  27. United States
  28. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies
  3. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  4. History
  5. Biographies.
Contents
  1. Introduction : a right to call herself famous -- Reconstructing Charlotte : the making of celebrated "female genius" -- "A sort of monster" : Fanny Fern, fame's appetite, and the construction of the multivalent famous female author -- "Great genius breaks all bonds" : Margaret Oliphant and the female literary greats -- Correcting the record, creating a new one : Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes and Eliza Potter's A hair-dresser's experience in high life -- The text as child : gender/sex and metaphors of maternity at the fin de siècle -- Conclusion : Doing her level best to play the man's game : literary hermaphrodites and the exceptional woman -- Afterword : in search of the cult of Charlotte.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.