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BL
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1026535
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b780905
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Grasso, Linda M.
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| Title & Author
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The artistry of anger : : black and white women's literature in America, 1820-1860 /\ Linda M. Grasso.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2002.
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| Series Statement
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Gender and American culture
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1 online resource (xi, 249 pages).
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| ISBN
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0807826820
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: 0807853488
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: 0807860190
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: 9780807826829
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: 9780807853481
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: 9780807860199
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. The anger paradigm: theories and contexts. Anger as analysis and aesthetic in American women's literature -- Using the anger paradigm: the antebellum period as case study -- Suppressing treasonous anger: nation-building and gendered ideologies of anger in antebellum America -- pt. 2. Anger in the house and in the text: four case studies. Anger, exile, and restitution in Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok -- Maria W. Stewart's inspired wrath -- Masking anger as it is spoken: Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall -- The text as courtroom: judgment, vengeance, and punishment in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig.
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| Abstract
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In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger.
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African American women in literature.
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American fiction-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
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American fiction-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Anger in literature.
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Feminism and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Feminist fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Social problems in literature.
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Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Women, White, in literature.
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African American women in literature.
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American fiction-- African American authors.
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American fiction-- Women authors.
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American fiction.
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Anger in literature.
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Feminism and literature.
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Feminist fiction, American.
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Frauenprosa
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Social problems in literature.
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Women and literature.
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Women, White, in literature.
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Zorn
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Geschichte 1820-1860.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.3099287
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| LC Classification
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PS374.F45G73 2002eb
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