Periodical Literature in Nineteenth-century America

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Kenneth M. Price, Susan Belasco Smith
University of Virginia Press, 1995 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 292 pages

Covering the decades from the 1830s through the end of the century, as well as the eastern, southern, and western regions of the United States, these essays, by a diverse group of scholars, examine a variety of periodicals from the well-known Atlantic Monthly to small papers such as The National Era. They illustrate how literary analysis can be enriched by consideration of social history, publishing contexts, the literary marketplace, and the relationships between authors and editors.

 

Contents

Periodical Literature in Social
3
The Making of Woman
17
Whitmans Journey
35
Fanny Fern and the New York
51
Serialization and the Nature of Uncle Toms Cabin
69
Magazine Practices and Melvilles Israel Potter
115
Serial Politics in William Gilmore Simmss Woodcraft
150
Emily Dickinson in
166
and Recollections of the Civil War
183
Womens Poetry
202
Ambrose Bierce and the Transformation of the Gothic
220
The NorthSouth Reconciliation Theme and the Shadow
239
Charles Chesnutt the Atlantic Monthly and
257
Contributors
277

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