Unlikely heroines : nineteenth-century American women writers and the woman question /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shapiro, Ann R., 1937-
Imprint:	New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.
Description:	154 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contributions in women's studies 0147-104X ; no. 81
Subject:	American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism Feminism in literature Women in literature Heroines in literature Women and literature -- United States. Feminism and literature -- United States American fiction. American fiction -- Women authors. Feminism and literature. Feminism in literature. Heroines in literature. Women and literature. Women in literature. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/824572

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ISBN:	0313254222 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [139]-146.

Table of Contents:

Introduction The Woman Question Motherhood
the True Woman and the New Woman: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) Work and the Bridging of Social Class: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
The Silent Partner (1871) Sisterhood and the Adamless Eve: Louis May Alcott
Work: A Story of Experience (1873) The Professional Woman and an Independent Life: Sarah Orne Jewett
A Country Doctor (1884) Matriarchy: Mary Wilkins Freeman
Pembroke (1894) Rebellion and Death: Kate Chopin
The Awakening (1889)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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