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Author Bardes, Barbara A.

Title Declarations of independence : women and political power in nineteenth-century American fiction / Barbara Bardes and Suzanne Gossett.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, [N.J.] : Rutgers University Press, [1990]
©1990

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  813.309 B245D    Check Shelf
Description viii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction. Fiction and political culture -- 1. Two visions of the Republic -- 2. Finding a voice to answer the moral call -- 3. Women and property rights -- 4. Capitalism, sex, and sisterhood -- 5. The power of professionalism -- 6. Political power, direct and indirect -- Conclusion. The debate in fiction.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [189]-218.
Subject American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Politics in literature.
Women's rights in literature.
Politics and literature.
Added Author Gossett, Suzanne.
ISBN 0813515009 cloth
0813515017 paperback
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