Fire and fiction : : Augusta Jane Evans in context / / Anna Sophia Roelina Riepma.
Augusta Jane Evans, a nineteenth-century writer from the American South, produced bestsellers in the genre of the domestic novel, popular between the 1820s and 1880s. Evans was particularly good in creating strong and independent heroines. She is best known for her blockbuster St. Elmo (1866), featu...
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| Superior document: | Costerus New Series ; 125 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Costerus New Series ;
125. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | Augusta Jane Evans, a nineteenth-century writer from the American South, produced bestsellers in the genre of the domestic novel, popular between the 1820s and 1880s. Evans was particularly good in creating strong and independent heroines. She is best known for her blockbuster St. Elmo (1866), featuring the love story of Edna Earl and the passionate St. Elmo Murray. In Fire and Fiction: Augusta Jane Evans in Context Anne Sophie Riepma reconstructs the literary, cultural, religious, social, and historical contexts of Evans's work. She explores the author's relation to her times and focuses on the way her novels reflect and address the cultural experiences of Southern women. Riepma pays particular attention to topics such as the ideology of domesticity, domestic fiction, the concept of "woman's sphere," women's role in society, middle-class culture, education and employment for women, religion, reform, political developments, and the Confederate War. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222). |
| ISBN: | 9004488847 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Anna Sophia Roelina Riepma. |