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" Rebecca Harding Davis : "
Sharon M. Harris.
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BL
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858115
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Harris, Sharon M.
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| Title & Author
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Rebecca Harding Davis : : a life among writers /\ Sharon M. Harris.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Morgantown :: West Virginia University Press,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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493 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, portraits ;; 24 cm
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1946684309
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1946684333
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9781946684325
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9781946684332
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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"Rebecca Harding Davis is best known for her gritty short story "Life in the Iron-Mills," set in her native Wheeling, West Virginia. Far less is known of her later career among elite social circles in Philadelphia, New York, and Europe, or her relationships with American presidents and leading international figures in the worlds of literature and the stage. In the first book-length biography of Davis, Sharon M. Harris traces the extraordinary life of this pioneering realist and recovers her status as one of America's notable women journalists. Harris also examines Rebecca's role as the leading member of the Davis family, a unique and nationally recognized family of writers that shaped the changing culture of later nineteenth-century literature and journalism. This accessible treatment of Davis's life, based on deep research in archival sources, provides new perspective on topics ranging from sectional tensions in the border South to the gendered world of nineteenth-century publishing. It promises to be the authoritative treatment of an important figure in the literary history of West Virginia and the wider world"--
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Davis, Rebecca Harding,1831-1910-- Family.
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Davis, Rebecca Harding,1831-1910-- Friends and associates.
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Davis, Rebecca Harding,1831-1910.
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910
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Davis, Rebecca Harding,1831-1910.
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Authors, American-- 19th century-- History.
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Literature and society-- History-- 19th century.
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Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Women authors, American, Biography.
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Authors, American.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
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Families.
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Friendship.
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Literature and society.
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Women and literature.
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Women authors, American.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.4
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| LC Classification
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PS1517.Z5H36 2018
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PS1517.Z67 2018
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BIO007000BIO022000bisacsh
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