02215nam a22003377a 4500 20220307114703.0 211220b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781138260573 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi :117109 :07/12/2021 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi :117240 :11/01/2022 820.9928 WEB Weber, Brenda R. Women and Literary Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century : the transatlantic production of fame and gender / Brenda R Weber Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012. xiv, 259 pages 24cm 4957 5033 Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Reconstructing Charlotte; 3 "Great genius breaks all bonds"; 4 Correcting the Record, Creating a New One; 5 The Text as Child; Conclusion; Afterword; Works Cited; Index. Focusing on representations of women's literary celebrity in nineteenth-century nonfiction and fiction, Weber examines the transatlantic cultural politics of gender, sex and the body. Looking at discursive patterns and texts by authors like Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fanny Fern, Margaret Oliphant and Eliza Potter that feature successful woman writers, Weber argues that discursive representations of the legitimately famous woman used celebrity as a tactic for altering perceptions about femininity and female identity English English and Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Fame -- History -- 19th century. Sex role -- History -- 19th century. Women authors -- Biography -- History and criticism. Weber, Brenda R BOOK 58680 58680 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2021-12-20 International Book Distributors 4957.00 0 820.9928 WEB 28199 2021-12-20 00:00:00 2021-12-20 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2022-01-24 International Book Distributors 5033.00 1 820.9928 WEB 28271 2023-03-29 00:00:00 2023-03-29 2022-01-24 BOOK